Methodist Church in Ireland: Difference between revisions

Methodism was founded in England by [[John Wesley]] and his younger brother [[Charles Wesley]] during the 18th century, initially as a movement within the [[Church of England]]. John Wesley visited Ireland on twenty-one occasions between 1747 and 1789.<ref>{{cite news |first=Dudley Levistone |last=Cooney |title=The prophet of experience |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/the-prophet-of-experience-1.362632 |access-date=19 January 2020 |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |date=14 June 2003 |language=en}}</ref> He built and opened the first dedicated Methodist chapel in Ireland on Whitefriar Street in Dublin in 1752.<ref>{{cite web |title=John Wesley in Dublin |url=https://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/history-heritage/history-of-ireland/john-wesley-in-dublin |website=www.askaboutireland.ie |access-date=28 November 2023}}</ref>

[[Wesleyan theology]] remained close to the Anglican criteria of scripture, tradition and reason.{{when?}}