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H. Orton Wiley’s theology blends Arminianism with Wesleyanism. His magnum opus, Christian Theology, is still among the most widely used Methodist theological resources. It provides a clear articulation of Wesleyan-Arminian thought. Reflecting his tenure as a Nazarene pastor, college administrator, and school president, Wiley’s classic three-volume Christian Theology is presented here in full,...

From this analysis it appears that the main points in the Arminian system of grace are the following: (1) the inability of man as totally depraved; (2) the state of nature as in some sense a state of grace through the unconditional benefit of the atonement; (3) the continuity of grace as excluding the Calvinistic distinction between common and efficacious grace; (4) synergism, or the co-operation of grace and free will; and (5) the power of man to finally resist the grace of God freely bestowed upon
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