Works of Piety

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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Works of Piety, in Methodism, are certain spiritual disciplines that along with the Works of Mercy, serve as a means of grace,[1] and are necessary for Christian perfection.[2][3] All Methodist Christians, laity and ordained, are expected to employ them.[4] The Works of Piety are:[5]

  1. Prayer
  2. Searching the Scriptures
  3. Holy Communion
  4. Fasting
  5. Christian Community
  6. Healthy Living

The more interior Works of Piety are paralleled by the external Works of Mercy.[6] John Wesley insisted that the Works of Piety were important because they "further ensconced believers in a spiritual world of conflict in which humans needed to pursue holiness with the same vigor with which they sought their justification."[7] In relation to soteriology, the grace of God was "all sufficient," and it issued in a universal atonement that made possible a saving "change of heart;" this change of heart required "the influences of divine grace," but it also required "constant exertions."[8]

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