The illustrated history of Methodism [electronic resource]; the story of the origin and progress of the Methodist church, from its foundation by John Wesley to the present dayWritten in popular style and illustrated by more than one thousand portraits and views of persons . r in the evening of De-cember lM, ITS I, Doctor Coke is first act was to read Wesleys letter,explaining the nature of the crisis whichhad induced their spiritual father tobreak entirely with the procedure of theEnglish episcopate, and found a newsystem, based on the practice of theprimitive Church. As they had
The illustrated history of Methodism [electronic resource]; the story of the origin and progress of the Methodist church, from its foundation by John Wesley to the present dayWritten in popular style and illustrated by more than one thousand portraits and views of persons . r in the evening of De-cember lM, ITS I, Doctor Coke is first act was to read Wesleys letter,explaining the nature of the crisis whichhad induced their spiritual father tobreak entirely with the procedure of theEnglish episcopate, and found a newsystem, based on the practice of theprimitive Church. As they had now nopolitical connection whatever with En-there was no need that thevl 7 should strive to preserve an ecclesiasticalconnection which could only lead to en-tanglements. In accordance with the policy recom-mended in the letter, the members of theConference prepared to form themselvesinto an Episcopal Church, with superin-tendents, elders and deacons, and preach-ers. Their first act was, by a unanimousvote, to elect Thomas Coke and FrancisAsbury to be general latter was thus a superintendent-elect before his ordination as deacon orelder; but this defect was soon superintendent, Coke forthwith pro-ceeded to set him apart, by the imposi-. gland ANCIKNT TKKI; riukT which regularly preached before aii<l i In riii l; the erection of the ,olt Meeting-house. tiou of hand:-- and bv prayer—Whatcoatand Yasey assisting—for the office ofdeacon. Next day, in the same solemnmanner, he was set apart for the office lelder; and on the twenty-seventh day hewas solemnly set apart for the office of asuperintendent. At Asbury s requestthe Rev Mr. Otterbein joined the othertwo elders who assisted Doctor Coke inhis consecration. It will be noted that the term super-intendent and not bishop was em-ployed at this time, and for several yearsafterward. This does not in any wayimply that the office was considered, by 258 THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF MET
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