| Abstrakt: |
The article discusses the discovery of the minutes of the 1829 conference of Bible Christians in Liskeard, England which reveals information on the theological and ecclesiological schism between ministers William O'Bryan and James Thorne. It describes the Arminian theological understanding of Bible Christians, the tensions between the Bible Christians and other factions within the Methodist church, and the Connexion movement. Other subjects under discussion include the Financial Committee of the Methodist church, Methodist preaching, and the tensions between Arminian and Calvinist Methodists. |
