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John William Fletcher (born Jean Guillaume de la Fléchère; 12 September 1729 – 14 August 1785) was a Swiss-born English divine and Methodist leader. Of French Huguenot stock, he was born in Nyon in Vaud, Switzerland. Fletcher emigrated to England in 1750 and there he became an Anglican vicar.
Aug 12, 2023 · John William Fletcher is often referred to as the “First Theologian of Methodism.” He earned this popular title as a result of having vigorously defended John Wesley’s Arminianism against Calvinistic polemical rivals.
May 10, 2024 · One of the most remarkable ministers in English history, and in all the history of the Christian Church, was an Anglican priest by the name of John William Fletcher (1729-1785), 'First Theologian of Methodism.'
May 29, 2024 · John William Fletcher (1729–1785) was an Anglican vicar who became a leader in the early Methodist movement and its first great theologian. He was born in Switzerland on Sept. 12, 1729, the eighth and last child of Jacques and Suzanne de la Flechere.
Fletcher’s greatest work was a collection of essays called “Checks to Arminianism”, which answered many of the challenges to Wesley’s teachings on salvation put forth by the Calvinists. His writings also helped establish the Methodist doctrine of Christian perfection or entire sanctification.
John William Fletcher (1729-1785) was a contemporary of John Wesley, a key interpreter of Wesleyan (or Arminian) theology in the 18th century, and one of Methodism's first great theologians.
John William Fletcher (1729-1785) was a seminal theologian during the early Methodist movement and in the Church of England in the eighteenth century. Best know...
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