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The theology of John Wesley has proven exceedingly influential in the religious and spiritual lives of Wesley’s followers and his critics. However, Wesley did not leave behind a written doctrine on Scripture. This collection presents an array of diverse approaches to understanding John Wesley’s charge to read and interpret the Bible as Scripture. Contributors move beyond the work of Wesley...

and defended a view of Scripture that placed an emphasis on the utter reliability of Scripture as a repository of truths. For example, in an infamous letter to William Law, Wesley says, “If there be one falsehood in the Bible, there may be a thousand; neither can it proceed from the God of truth.”20 Similarly, in response to William Warburton’s assertion that there is “no considerable error” in the Bible, Wesley asks, “Will not the allowing there is any error in Scripture shake the authority of the
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