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John Wesley

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founder of the Methodist movement (1703-1791)

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John Wesley was an author who produced 1,260 works. His notable writings include *Reasons against a separation from the Church of England*, *A compendium of logic*, *A collection of psalms and hymns for the Lord's day*, *The Journal of the Rev. John Wesley Volume; Volume 2*, and *Journal of John Wesley*. He was born in 1703 and died in 1791.

A separate musical artist named John Wesley is identified as a male person from the United States. This artist is associated with the rock genre and has been tagged with descriptors such as progressive rock, singer-songwriter, and emotional. The artist has accumulated 40,921 listeners and 554,801 plays.

Quotes attributed to John Wesley include "Every one, though born of God in an instant, yet undoubtedly grows by slow degrees." and "Lord, let me not live to be useless!" The name John Wesley is referenced by 1,858 other encyclopedia articles.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
John
Family name
Wesley
Gender
male
Place of birth
Epworth
Place of death
St Luke's
Occupation
missionary
Languages spoken
Greek
Native language
English language
Religion
Anglicanism
Image
John Wesley by William Hamilton.jpg
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John Wesley
date of birth
1703-06-17
date of death
1791-03-02
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influenced by
Martin Luther
place of burial
Wesley's Chapel
writing language
English language
feast day
March 2
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
different from
John Wesley
Commons Creator page
John Wesley
name in native language
John Wesley
honorific prefix
Reverend
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Works in European collections

4 objects attributed to John Wesley, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Worship

The Sunday Service of the Methodists

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