Wesley, Aquinas, and Christian Perfection
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Wesley, Aquinas, and Christian Perfection

An Ecumenical Dialogue

  1. 300 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Wesley, Aquinas, and Christian Perfection

An Ecumenical Dialogue

About this book

Employing fresh, innovative readings, Edgardo Colon-Emeric examines and underscores the centrality of the concept of perfection for the theologies of Thomas Aquinas and John Wesley--and finds them, surprisingly, largely complementary.

Utilizing the image of a "kneeling ecumenism," he offers a practical account of how ecumenical conversations can move forward. At a time when many Methodists struggle to understand Catholicism and many Catholics know little of Wesley and Methodism, this stimulating work provides the church as a whole a communal grammar of holiness, in demonstrating how the theologies of perfection of Aquinas and Wesley have significant messages for both groups.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title, Title Page, Copyright
  3. Contents
  4. Introduction:Methodists and Catholics in Dialogue
  5. 1. Wesley on Christian Perfection
  6. 2. Wesley on the Way to Christian Perfection
  7. 3. Aquinas on Christian Perfection
  8. 4. Aquinas on the Way to Christian Perfection
  9. 5. Dialogue on the Beatitudes
  10. 6. Dialogue on Christian Perfection
  11. 7. Prospects for Christian Perfection
  12. Appendix: Aquinas on Women and the Image of God
  13. Notes
  14. Bibliography
  15. Index of Selected Names
  16. Index of Subjects