semper reformandum

“. . .in Wesley’s estimation, the broader church was constantly in need of reform and therefore ever required a transforming, prophetic order within it, lest the formal ‘objective’ elements of the tradition, necessary to communicate the faith to subsequent generations, edge out a due consideration of the ‘enthusiastic,’ ‘supernatural,’ and ‘subjective’ elements entailed in the healing presence of the Holy Spirit in all of the Spirit’s decisive redemptive power. This is a dynamic, charismatic understanding of the church and one in which reform is ongoing.”— The Theology of John Wesley, page 253