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(1703-1791) A Church of England minister who founded the Methodist denomination with his brother Charles. Unwelcome in parish churches, he began to preach in fields, chapels and halls, spearheading the Wesleyan revival of the mid-eighteenth century.
The 'Established' or state church of England, the result of a break with the Catholic church under Henry VIII and further developments in the reign of Elizabeth I.
A Protestant church which emerged in Britain in the eighteenth century under the leadership of John Wesley and has members worldwide.
A religious group sharing a common set of beliefs and organization.
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