Wesleyan (disambiguation)

Wesleyan (disambiguation)

"Wesleyan" has the following meanings:

* A Wesleyan is any person who adopts the principles of Wesleyan theology or Wesleyanism
* In a closely related usage, Wesleyan may refer to the theological emphasis on sanctification, characteristic of the holiness movement of which Wesley was part.
* There are also a number of educational institutions worldwide named "Wesley College."
* Wesleyan may refer to one of many universities and liberal arts colleges named after John Wesley, most of which are affiliated with a branch of Methodism, but there are several that are no longer affiliated and whose connection is wholly historic.
* Wesleyan as The Wesleyan Church split from the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1843.


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