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A review by audra_spiven
A Plain Account of Christian Perfection by John Wesley
4.0
This is another textbook read, and for whatever reason, the edition I read isn't represented on Goodreads. The one I chose is the eBook version of the edition I read, so it's the same cover--but I read the paperback.
Anyway, this book is a pretty quintessential piece of any discussion of the doctrine(s) of perfection, holiness, and/or sanctification. Sometimes it seems those words are interchangeable and sometimes not.
This book was easier to read than I expected it to be, given that I knew it was written in 18th-century language. And there were places where I got bogged down or confused, or even just frustrated by John Wesley's puzzling relationship with punctuation.
In any case, I think I got the gist of things well enough, and I'm glad I read this book. It's a good one to have in my bookcase and on my finished shelf.
Anyway, this book is a pretty quintessential piece of any discussion of the doctrine(s) of perfection, holiness, and/or sanctification. Sometimes it seems those words are interchangeable and sometimes not.
This book was easier to read than I expected it to be, given that I knew it was written in 18th-century language. And there were places where I got bogged down or confused, or even just frustrated by John Wesley's puzzling relationship with punctuation.
In any case, I think I got the gist of things well enough, and I'm glad I read this book. It's a good one to have in my bookcase and on my finished shelf.