In this course, New Testament scholar and ordained Methodist minister Ben Witherington surveys a Wesleyan theology of the sacraments. He unpacks what John Wesley meant by the “means of grace”: baptism, the Lord’s Supper, and preaching. Dr. Witherington will help you think seriously and coherently about the scriptural background to these topics, the relevant historical background of the church, and the nature of the sacraments as means of grace.
“Wesley believed that the Lord’s Supper included the concept of the real presence of Christ with the Eucharist” (source)
“definition of a sacrament is an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual reality” (source)
“It always refers to the oral proclamation of the good news about Jesus or it refers to the person of Jesus” (source)
“I don’t really think the nt says that the sacraments have to be administered by ordained clergypersons” (source)
“he wanted to be sure that the sacraments were properly administered by duly ordained clergypersons.” (source)