Holiness movement Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Early Methodism=== The Holiness movement traces their roots back to [[John Wesley]], [[Charles Wesley]], [[John William Fletcher|John Fletcher]], and the Methodists of the 18th century. The Methodists of the 19th century continued the interest in Christian holiness that had been started by their founder, [[John Wesley]] in [[England]].<ref>Andrew David Naselli, Let Go and Let God? A Survey and Analysis of Keswick Theology (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2010), 78.</ref> They continued to publish Wesley's works and tracts, including his famous ''A Plain Account of Christian Perfection''. From 1788 to 1808, the entire text of ''A Plain Account'' was placed in the ''Discipline'' manual of the [[Methodist Episcopal Church]] (U.S.), and numerous persons in early American Methodism professed the experience of entire sanctification, including [[Francis Asbury|Bishop Francis Asbury]]. The [[Methodism|Methodists]] during this period placed a strong emphasis on holy living, and their concept of entire sanctification. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page