A Plain Account of Christian Perfection

Name: A Plain Account of Christian Perfection
Author: John Wesley

John Wesley (1703–1791) was an English Anglican priest whose evangelical ministry gave rise to Methodism. After his Aldersgate experience in 1738, he spent fifty years preaching in the open air, organizing societies, and publishing sermons, hymns, and his Notes on the New Testament. His collected Sermons on Several Occasions became a doctrinal standard for Methodist preaching, and his disciplined, practical divinity shaped evangelical Christianity across the English-speaking world.

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First published: 1766
Category: Holiness
Length: 34k words · about 2 hours
Chapters: 7
Modernized version: In the reader: the Original, the Modernized text in present-day English, or both side by side. On average, the Modernized text keeps about 94% of the original wording.
Narration: 🎧 Fable · British English

About this book

John Wesley's own explanation of the doctrine of Christian perfection, first published in 1766. Gathering material from across several decades of his ministry, Wesley defines what he means by perfect love, what he does not mean, and how a believer may grow into it. Essential reading for understanding Wesley's teaching in his own words rather than through his critics.