John Wesley’s Moral Pneumatology: The Fruits of the Spirit as Theological Virtues
This essay examines the significance of John Wesley’s moral pneumatology in relation to virtue. Although recent scholars have identified this connection, the present work offers a more integrated exploration of righteousness, peace, joy, and love—gifts/virtues inseparable from the Holy Spirit’s work...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2011
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Studies in Christian ethics
Year: 2011, Volume: 24, Issue: 3, Pages: 275-293 |
| Further subjects: | B
Happiness
B Pneumatology B John Wesley B fruits of the spirit B Virtue |
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| Summary: | This essay examines the significance of John Wesley’s moral pneumatology in relation to virtue. Although recent scholars have identified this connection, the present work offers a more integrated exploration of righteousness, peace, joy, and love—gifts/virtues inseparable from the Holy Spirit’s work in the economy of salvation according to Wesley’s practical theology. We will see that, for Wesley, believers become participants in God’s nature as the conjoined τέλος of happiness and holiness shapes the soul with respect to outward moral expression. Righteousness, peace and joy tempered by love are core spiritual fruits in Wesley’s pneumatology and collectively an elemental feature of his theological ethics. |
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| ISSN: | 0953-9468 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studies in Christian ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0953946811405909 |