Here, I compare and comment upon the Articles of Religion of the Episcopal Church as revised by John Wesley and adopted by the Methodist Church. Having taught the Articles to teens when I was at the Advent, working through the differences helps me discover whether I might find anything objectionable in the Methodist version. My exercise may be of interest to others.
Articles of Religion of the Episcopal Church: As established by the Bishops, the Clergy, and the Laity of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, in Convention, on the twelfth day of September, in the Year of our Lord, 1801.
Articles of Religion by John Wesley, 1784. These are found in their modern version as Articles of Religion of the United Methodist Church.
1. Of Faith in the Holy Trinity
2. Of the Word, or Son of God, Who was Made Very Man
5. The Sufficiency of the Holy Scriptures for Salvation
8. Of Free Will
9. Of the Justification of Man
10. Of Good Works
11. Of Works of Supererogation
12. Of Sin After Justification
13. Of the Church
14. Of Purgatory
15. Of Speaking in the Congregation in such a Tongue as the People Understand
17. Of Baptism
19. Of Both Kinds
20. Of the One Oblation of Christ, Finished Upon the Cross
21. Of the Marriage of Ministers
22. Of the Rites and Ceremonies of Churches
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