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The Limits of a Catholic Spirit

By Kelly Diehl Yates & Howard A. Snyder
The Limits of a Catholic Spirit by Kelly Diehl Yates & Howard A. Snyder digital book - Fable

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The Limits of a Catholic Spirit fills the gap that is John Wesley and Catholicism. No other book has provided such an in-depth study of the perils Wesley faced when he encountered Catholicism. With the use of rare primary sources that tell of anti-Methodist riots in Ireland to Wesley's preachers getting kidnapped and forced to serve in the army, this study will provide you with historical information you've never encountered. It will explore questions that have held Wesley scholars captive for decades. Was John Wesley responsible for sparking the anti-Catholic Gordon Riots of 1780 in London? Kelly Diehl Yates searched eighteenth-century documents in the National Archives of the United Kingdom to find out. Was John Wesley aligned with the Jesuits? Was John Wesley a Jacobite, an enemy of the British Crown? Did John Wesley require Irish Catholics to denounce Catholicism to join Methodist societies? By the end of The Limits of a Catholic Spirit, you'll find answers to all these questions and more.

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About Kelly Diehl Yates

Kelly Diehl Yates holds a PhD from the University of Manchester in historical theology. She is the founder and director of the Walt Crow Center, a retreat center for pastors in Oklahoma City. She teaches for Indiana Wesleyan University, Southern Nazarene University, and Northwest Nazarene University.

Howard A. Snyder

Howard A. Snyder is Visiting Director of the Manchester Wesley Research Centre in Manchester, England. He has served as a pastor and as a professor at Asbury Theological Seminary (1996-2006), Tyndale Seminary in Toronto (2007-12), and elsewhere. His books include The Problem of Wineskins, The Radical Wesley, Models of the Kingdom, and Salvation Means Creation Healed (with Joel Scandrett).

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