Džon Vesli

Velečasni
Džon Vesli
Velečasni; Džon Vesli
	Portret Džordža Romnija (1789),; Nacionalna portretska galerija, London
Puno ime	John Wesley
Ime po rođenju	John Wesley
Datum rođenja	28. јун 1703.
Mesto rođenja	Epvort, Linkolnšir; Engleska
Datum smrti	2. mart 1791. (87 god.)
Mesto smrti	London; Velika Britanija
Prebivalište	Engleska
Državljanstvo	britansko (englesko do 1707)
Univerzitet	Hrišćanska crkva, oksford i Linkoln koledž, Oksford
Zanimanje	klerik; teolog; autor;

Džon Vesli (/ˈwɛsli/;^[1] 28. jun 1703 — 2. mart 1791) bio je engleski klerik, teolog i evanđeslista, koji je bio lider pokreta obnove unutar Crkve Engleske poznatog kao metodizam.^[2] Društva koja je osnovao postala su dominantan oblik nezavisnog metodističkog pokreta koji traje do danas.

Obrazovan u Čarterhausu i Hristovoj crkvi u Oksfordu, Vesli je izabran za stipendistu Linkoln koledža u Oksfordu 1726. godine i zaređen je za anglikanskog sveštenika dve godine kasnije. On je vodio „Sveti klub”, društvo formirano u svrhu proučavanja i ostvarivanja pobožnog hrišćanskog života; osnovao ga je njegov brat Čarls, a među članovima je bio i Džordž Vajtfild. Nakon neuspešne dve godine službe u Savani u koloniji Džordžija, Vesli se vratio u London i pridružio se verskom društvu koje su vodili moravski hrišćani. Dana 24. maja 1738. doživeo je ono što se naziva jevanđeoskim obraćenjem, kada je osetio da mu je „srce neobično zagrejano”. Potom je napustio Moravce, započevši sopstveno služenje.

Ključni korak u razvoju Veslijeve svešteničke službe bilo je, poput Vajtfilda, putovanje i propovedanje na otvorenom. Nasuprot Vajtefildovom kalvinizmu, Vesli je prihvatio arminijanske doktrine. Putujući po Velikoj Britaniji i Irskoj, on je pomogao da se formiraju i organizuju male hrišćanske grupe koje su razvile intenzivnu i ličnu odgovornost, sledbeništvo i verske instrukcije; što je najvažnije, on je imenovao putujuće propovednike, nezaređene jevanđeliste koji bi se brinuli o tim grupama ljudi. Pod Veslijevom upravom, metodisti su postali lideri u mnogim društvenim temama dana, uključujući zatvorsku reformu i ukidanje ropstva.

Iako nije bio sistematski teolog, Vesli se zalagao za ideju hrišćanske savršenosti i bio je protiv kalvinizma, a naročito bio protiv njihove doktrine predodređenja. On je smatrao da su u ovom životu hrišćani mogli postići stanje u kojem je Božja ljubav „vrhovno vladala u njihovim srcima”, dajući im spoljašnju svetost. Njegov je jevangelizam, čvrsto utemeljen u sakramentalnoj teologiji, tvrdio da su milosna sredstva način na koji Bog posvećuje i pretvara vernika, podstičući ljude da lično dožive Isusa Hrista. Veslijeva učenja, zajednički poznata kao Veslijevska teologija, i dalje su u osnovi doktrina metodističkih crkava.

Tokom svog života, Vesli je ostao unutar uspostavljene Crkve Engleske, insistirajući na tome da se metodistički pokret dobro uklapa u njenu tradiciju.^[3] U njegovom ranom služenju, Vesliju je bilo zabranjeno propovedanje u mnogim župnim crkvama, a metodisti su bili progonjeni; kasnije je postao široko poštovan i do kraja života je opisan kao „najvoljeniji čovek u Engleskoj”.^[4] Godine 2002, postavljen je 50. mesto u BBC anketi za 100 najvećih Britanaca.^[5]

Detinjstvo i mladost

Samuel Vesli

Suzana Vesli

Džon Vesli je rođen 1703. godine u Epvortu, 23 milja (37 km) severozapadno od Linkolna, kao peto dete Samuela Veslija i njegove supruge Suzane Vesli (devojački Anesli).^[6]^[7] Samuel Vesli je bio diplomac Oksfordskog univerziteta i pesnik, koji je od 1696. godine bio rektor Epvorta. On je oženio Suzanu, dvadeset peto dete Samuela Aneslija, disidentskog pastora, 1689. godine. Oni su imali devetnaestoro dece, od kojih je devet preživelo dojenačko doba. Ona i Samuel Vesli postali su pripadnici Crkve Engleske u svojoj mladosti.^[8]

Kao i u mnogim porodicama u to vreme, Veslijevi roditelji su decu rano obrazovali. Svako dete, uključujući devojčice, naučeno je da čita čim je moglo da hoda i govori. Od njih se očekivalo da tečno poznaju latinski i grčki jezik, i da nauče napamet velike delove Novog zaveta. Suzana Vesli pregledala je svako dete pre podnevnog obroka i nakon večernje molitve. Deci nije bilo dozvoljeno da jedu između obroka i majka ih je pojedinačno preslišavala jedne večeri svake nedelje u svrhu intenzivnog duhovnog poučavanja. Godine 1714, u svojoj jedanaestoj godini, Vesli je poslat u Čarterhaus školu u Londonu (pod rukovodstvom Džona Kinga od 1715. godine), gde je živeo marljiv, metodičan i, neko vreme, religiozni život za koji je pripreman od malih nogu.^[9]

Reference

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^ Мишић, Милан, ур. (2005). Енциклопедија Британика. В-Ђ. Београд: Народна књига : Политика. стр. 42. ISBN 86-331-2112-3.
^ Thorsen, Don (2005). The Wesleyan Quadrilateral. Emeth Press. стр. 97. ISBN 1-59731-043-3.
^ „John & Charles Wesley”. satucket.com.
^ „Great Britons 11–100”. BBC via Wayback Machine. Архивирано из оригинала 4. 12. 2002. г. Приступљено 1. 8. 2012.
^ „John Wesley at Epworth”. BBC. Приступљено 16. 1. 2016.
^ „History of the Wesleys”. The Epworth Berlls. Архивирано из оригинала 22. 03. 2016. г. Приступљено 16. 1. 2016.
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^ Johnson, Paul (29. 9. 2002). „Was there madness in his Methodism?”. Telegraph. Приступљено 25. 8. 2018.

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Spoljašnje veze

John Wesley at the Eighteenth-Century Poetry Archive (ECPA)
John Wesley на сајту Пројекат Гутенберг (језик: енглески)
Džon Vesli на сајту Internet Archive (језик: енглески)
Džon Vesli на сајту LibriVox (језик: енглески)
Selected text from the Journal of John Wesley on A Vision of Britain through Time, with links to the places named.
John Wesley as a British abolitionist
John Wesley and the Anglo-Catholic Revival, by G.W. Taylor 1905 article.
„Wesley Center Online”. Wesley Center for Applied Theology. Northwest Nazarene University. Архивирано из оригинала 11. 01. 2008. г. Приступљено 09. 11. 2019.
John Wesley papers, 1735-1791 at Pitts Theology Library, Candler School of Theology
John Wesley historical marker in Savannah, Georgia
A Man Named Wesley Passed This Way historical marker at St. Simons Island, Georgia
Reverends John & Charles Wesley historical marker
The World Is My Parish historical marker
Ride! Ride! - The Wesley Musical

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