John Wesley and Celibacy: Evolving Visions and Commitments
2024; Cambridge University Press; Linguagem: Inglês
10.1017/s0022046924000903
ISSN1469-7637
Autores Tópico(s)Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
ResumoThis article describes John Wesley's evolving visions of Christian singleness (celibacy) and three commitments related to his changing views: a commitment to celibacy in an Oxford college; a commitment to marriage with Mary Vazeille; a de facto commitment to single life after Mary's separation from him. Protestant Churches lacked structures to support celibate commitment, structures that might have discouraged his unguarded and intimate correspondence with married women that lay behind his separation from Mary. The article asks why Protestants, although formally allowing single life, have not found ways to honour commitments to it.
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