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Wesley and the People Called Methodists: Second Edition is unavailable, but you can change that!

This second edition of Richard P. Heitzenrater's groundbreaking survey of the Wesleyan movement is the story of the many people who contributed to the theology, organization, and mission of Methodism. This updated version addresses recent research from the past twenty years; includes an extensive bibliography; and fleshes out such topics as the means of grace; Conference: "Large" Minutes: Charles...

Henry VIII took the first major step—separating the English church from the Church of Rome and establishing it under the monarch. A series of personal and political problems moved Henry from a position of “Defender of the Faith,” supporting the papacy against the writings of Luther (in the Assertion of the Seven Sacraments, 1521), to a stance a decade later of declaring himself the head of the Church of England. The Erastian form of government established by the Reformation Parliament (1532–35) declared