methodistical

There is a story somewhere about a meeting between John Wesley and Joseph Butler that didn't go so well; Butler, like most eighteenth century Anglicans, was shocked at anything 'methodistical', and firmly disapproved of it.

Wherein I Am Saint Anselm, the Wesleyan Roman Catholic Evangelical 2005

There is a story somewhere about a meeting between John Wesley and Joseph Butler that didn't go so well; Butler, like most eighteenth century Anglicans, was shocked at anything 'methodistical', and firmly disapproved of it.

Archive 2005-07-01 2005

I am quite a bit more open to the 'methodistical' than Butler; but I pay only a tiny bit more attention to Methodist theology than he did.

Archive 2005-07-01 2005

I am quite a bit more open to the 'methodistical' than Butler; but I pay only a tiny bit more attention to Methodist theology than he did.

Wherein I Am Saint Anselm, the Wesleyan Roman Catholic Evangelical 2005

Miriam Burnstein gives us the 'rules' for a neo-Victorian novel, a world in which the evil methodistical Evangelicals do battle with Truly Egalitarian Heroes and Heroines who are Instinctively Admired by Oppressed Populations.

Additional Links 2006

Ten to one, you would have thought him a tasteless, indiscreet, methodistical man.

Adam Bede 2004

There is a touch of pathos in the picture of the prim, methodistical English lady, who hated the dirt and slovenliness of her husband's people, was shocked at their jovial ways and free talk, looked upon all Papists as connections of Antichrist, and hoped for the salvation of mankind through the form of religion patronised by

Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century George Paston

I have been reading some of his _Views of Christianity_, and tho 'I believe it is in some parts rather methodistical, I think it quite an angelic book.

The Letter-Bag of Lady Elizabeth Spencer-Stanhope — Volume 1 A. M. W. [Compiler] Stirling

Next the captain, on the opposite side, was an elderly widow lady, with weak eyes and rather methodistical appearance; and on her left a fussy, brisk-looking little woman, of about thirty-five.

Bluebell A Novel Mrs. George Croft Huddleston

There is a touch of pathos in the picture of the prim, methodistical English lady, who hated the dirt and slovenliness of her husband's people, was shocked at their jovial ways and free talk, looked upon all Papists as connections of Antichrist, and hoped for the salvation of mankind through the form of religion patronised by Lady Huntington.

Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century Paston, George, d. 1936 1902