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| name = John Wesley | | name = John Wesley | ||
| image = John Wesley by George Romney.jpg | | image = John Wesley by George Romney.jpg | ||
| birth_date = 28 June 1703 | | birth_date = 28 June 1703 / [[wikipedia:Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates|O.S.]] 17 June | ||
| birth_place= [[wikipedia:Epworth, Lincolnshire|Epworth, Lincolnshire]], [[wikipedia:England|England]] | | birth_place= [[wikipedia:Epworth, Lincolnshire|Epworth, Lincolnshire]], [[wikipedia:England|England]] | ||
| death_date = March 1791 (aged 87) | | death_date = March 1791 (aged 87) | ||
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| signature = Appletons' Wesley John signature.svg | | signature = Appletons' Wesley John signature.svg | ||
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| notable_works = ''[[Articles of Religion (Methodist)|Articles of Religion]]''<br> ''[[Explanatory Notes Upon the New Testament]]''<br>''[[Sermons on Several Occasions]]'' | | notable_works = ''[[Articles of Religion (Methodist)|Articles of Religion]]''<br> ''[[Explanatory Notes Upon the New Testament]]''<br>''[[Sermons on Several Occasions]]'' | ||
| language = English | | language = English | ||
| tradition_movement = [[Methodism]], [[Wesleyan theology|Wesleyanism]]–[[Arminianism]] | | tradition_movement = [[Methodism]], [[Wesleyan theology|Wesleyanism]]–[[Arminianism]] | ||
| notable_ideas = [[Imparted righteousness]], [[Second work of grace]], [[Wesleyan Quadrilateral]] | | notable_ideas = [[Imparted righteousness]], [[Second work of grace]], [[Wesleyan Quadrilateral]] | ||
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'''John Wesley''' (28 June 1703 | '''John Wesley''' (28 June 1703 / [[wikipedia:Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates|O.S.]] 17 June – 2 March 1791) was an English cleric, theologian, and evangelist who was a principal leader of a revival movement within the [[Church of England]] known as [[Methodism]]. The societies he founded became the dominant form of the independent Methodist movement that continues to this day. | ||