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John William Fletcher (1729-1785) was a seminal theologian during
the early Methodist movement and in the Church of England in the
eighteenth century. Best known for the Checks to Antinomianism, he
established a theology of history to defend the church against the
encroachment of antinomianism as a polemic against hyper-Calvinism.
Fletcher believed that the hyper-Calvinist system of divine fiat
and finished salvation did not take seriously enough either the
activity of God in salvation history or an individual believer's
personal progress in salvation. Fletcher made the doctrine of
accommodation a unifying principle of his theological system and
further developed the doctrine of divine accommodation into a
theology of ministry. As God accommodated divine revelation to the
frailties of human beings, Fletcher argued that ministers of the
gospel must accommodate the gospel to their hearers in order to
gain a hearing for the gospel without losing the goal of true
Christianity. 'True Christianity' contains insights from Fletcher,
who devoted himself, according to Wesley, to being 'an altogether
Christian'.
About the Contributor(s): J. Russell Frazier (PhD, University of
Manchester) has served as a pastor for over twenty years and was a
missionary with the Church of the Nazarene for over seven years. He
serves as an adjunct professor for Central Christian College and
Ohio Christian University.
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