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The '''Holy Club''' was a 1729 established organisation at Christ Church, Oxford, established by brothers [[John Wesley|John]] and [[Charles Wesley]], who later contributed to the formation of the [[Methodist Church]].<ref name="Christianity-Holy Club">{{cite web|url = http://www.ctlibrary.com/ch/1983/issue2/216.html| title = Holy Club|publisher = Christianity Today|accessdate = 2009-05-28}}</ref><ref name="Encyclopædia Britannica-Holy Club">{{cite web|url = http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/269746/Holy-Club| title = Holy Club|publisher = Encyclopædia Britannica|accessdate = 2009-05-28}}</ref><ref name="Keysor-Holy Club">{{cite book |last=Keysor|first=Charles W.|title=Our Methodist Heritage|year=1996|publisher=Good News|page=12|isbn=0912692278}}</ref>
Jeering college students scoffed at these "Methodists" who tried to systematically serve [[Holy Trinity|God]] every hour of the day.<ref name="Keysor-Holy Club">{{cite book |last=Keysor|first=Charles W.|title=Our Methodist Heritage|year=1996|publisher=Good News|page=12|isbn=0912692278}}</ref> They set aside time for [[Prayer in Christianity|praying]], examining their spiritual lives, studying the [[Holy Bible]], and meeting together.<ref name="Keysor-Holy Club">{{cite book |last=Keysor|first=Charles W.|title=Our Methodist Heritage|year=1996|publisher=Good News|page=12|isbn=0912692278}}</ref> In addition, they took food to poor families, visited lonely people in prison, and taught orphans how to read.<ref name="Keysor-Holy Club">{{cite book |last=Keysor|first=Charles W.|title=Our Methodist Heritage|year=1996|publisher=Good News|page=12|isbn=0912692278}}</ref> Members of the organization celebrated [[Holy Communion]] frequently and [[fasting|fasted]] on Wednesdays and Fridays until 3 P.M.<ref name="Christianity-Holy Club">{{cite web|url = http://www.ctlibrary.com/ch/1983/issue2/216.html| title = Holy Club|publisher = Christianity Today|accessdate = 2009-05-28}}</ref><ref name="Encyclopædia Britannica-Holy Club">{{cite web|url = http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/269746/Holy-Club| title = Holy Club|publisher = Encyclopædia Britannica|accessdate = 2009-05-28}}</ref> Fellows of the Holy Club also studied and discussed the ''[[Novum Testamentum Graece]]'' as well as the [[Classics]].<ref name="Christianity-Holy Club">{{cite web|url = http://www.ctlibrary.com/ch/1983/issue2/216.html| title = Holy Club|publisher = Christianity Today|accessdate = 2009-05-28}}</ref> Critics of the Holy Club on the Oxford Campus said: {{cquote|
:By rule they eat, by rule they drink,
:By rule do all things but think.
:Accuse the [[priests]] of loose behavior.
:To get more in the [[Laity|laymen's]] favor.
:Method alone must guide 'em all
:When themselves "Methodists" they call.<ref name="Keysor-Holy Club">{{cite book |last=Keysor|first=Charles W.|title=Our Methodist Heritage|year=1996|publisher=Good News|page=12|isbn=0912692278}}</ref>}}
This organisation is often said to be the root of the influential [[Methodist Church]].<ref name="Christianity-Holy Club">{{cite web|url = http://www.ctlibrary.com/ch/1983/issue2/216.html| title = Holy Club|publisher = Christianity Today|accessdate = 2009-05-28}}</ref>
== Notable personalities ==
The individuals listed below are notable members of the Holy Club who distinguished themselves later in life.
*[[John Wesley]] - founder of the [[Methodist Church]]<ref name="Christianity-Holy Club">{{cite web|url = http://www.ctlibrary.com/ch/1983/issue2/216.html| title = Holy Club|publisher = Christianity Today|accessdate = 2009-05-28}}</ref>
*[[Charles Wesley]] - famous [[hymn]] writer<ref name="Christianity-Holy Club">{{cite web|url = http://www.ctlibrary.com/ch/1983/issue2/216.html| title = Holy Club|publisher = Christianity Today|accessdate = 2009-05-28}}</ref>
*John Gambold - [[bishop]] of the [[Moravian Church]]<ref name="Christianity-Holy Club">{{cite web|url = http://www.ctlibrary.com/ch/1983/issue2/216.html| title = Holy Club|publisher = Christianity Today|accessdate = 2009-05-28}}</ref>
*John Clayton - distinguished [[Anglican]] churchman<ref name="Christianity-Holy Club">{{cite web|url = http://www.ctlibrary.com/ch/1983/issue2/216.html| title = Holy Club|publisher = Christianity Today|accessdate = 2009-05-28}}</ref>
*[[James Hervey]] - noted religious writer<ref name="Christianity-Holy Club">{{cite web|url = http://www.ctlibrary.com/ch/1983/issue2/216.html| title = Holy Club|publisher = Christianity Today|accessdate = 2009-05-28}}</ref>
*[[Benjamin Ingham]] - famous [[Evangelism|evangelist]] in [[Yorkshire]]<ref name="Christianity-Holy Club">{{cite web|url = http://www.ctlibrary.com/ch/1983/issue2/216.html| title = Holy Club|publisher = Christianity Today|accessdate = 2009-05-28}}</ref>
*Thomas Brougham - secretary of the [[Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge]]<ref name="Christianity-Holy Club">{{cite web|url = http://www.ctlibrary.com/ch/1983/issue2/216.html| title = Holy Club|publisher = Christianity Today|accessdate = 2009-05-28}}</ref>
*[[George Whitefield]] - famous clergyman associated both with the [[First Great Awakening]] in the [[United States]] and the [[Holiness movement|Evangelical Revival]] in [[England]]<ref name="Christianity-Holy Club">{{cite web|url = http://www.ctlibrary.com/ch/1983/issue2/216.html| title = Holy Club|publisher = Christianity Today|accessdate = 2009-05-28}}</ref>
== References ==
{{reflist}}
== See also ==
*[[Erasmus of Arcadia]]
*[[Oxford Inter-Collegiate Christian Union]]
==External links==
*[http://www.methodist.org.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=opentogod.content&cmid=1526 Methodist Church in Great Britain: Holy Club]
*[http://www.maninthemirror.org/weeklybriefing/wb0117.htm Man in the Mirror: Lessons from Oxford's Holy Club (Pat Morley)]
[[Category:1729 establishments]]
[[Category:British Christian student societies]]
[[Category:Clubs and societies of the University of Oxford]]
[[Category:Methodism]]
Jeering college students scoffed at these "Methodists" who tried to systematically serve [[Holy Trinity|God]] every hour of the day.<ref name="Keysor-Holy Club">{{cite book |last=Keysor|first=Charles W.|title=Our Methodist Heritage|year=1996|publisher=Good News|page=12|isbn=0912692278}}</ref> They set aside time for [[Prayer in Christianity|praying]], examining their spiritual lives, studying the [[Holy Bible]], and meeting together.<ref name="Keysor-Holy Club">{{cite book |last=Keysor|first=Charles W.|title=Our Methodist Heritage|year=1996|publisher=Good News|page=12|isbn=0912692278}}</ref> In addition, they took food to poor families, visited lonely people in prison, and taught orphans how to read.<ref name="Keysor-Holy Club">{{cite book |last=Keysor|first=Charles W.|title=Our Methodist Heritage|year=1996|publisher=Good News|page=12|isbn=0912692278}}</ref> Members of the organization celebrated [[Holy Communion]] frequently and [[fasting|fasted]] on Wednesdays and Fridays until 3 P.M.<ref name="Christianity-Holy Club">{{cite web|url = http://www.ctlibrary.com/ch/1983/issue2/216.html| title = Holy Club|publisher = Christianity Today|accessdate = 2009-05-28}}</ref><ref name="Encyclopædia Britannica-Holy Club">{{cite web|url = http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/269746/Holy-Club| title = Holy Club|publisher = Encyclopædia Britannica|accessdate = 2009-05-28}}</ref> Fellows of the Holy Club also studied and discussed the ''[[Novum Testamentum Graece]]'' as well as the [[Classics]].<ref name="Christianity-Holy Club">{{cite web|url = http://www.ctlibrary.com/ch/1983/issue2/216.html| title = Holy Club|publisher = Christianity Today|accessdate = 2009-05-28}}</ref> Critics of the Holy Club on the Oxford Campus said: {{cquote|
:By rule they eat, by rule they drink,
:By rule do all things but think.
:Accuse the [[priests]] of loose behavior.
:To get more in the [[Laity|laymen's]] favor.
:Method alone must guide 'em all
:When themselves "Methodists" they call.<ref name="Keysor-Holy Club">{{cite book |last=Keysor|first=Charles W.|title=Our Methodist Heritage|year=1996|publisher=Good News|page=12|isbn=0912692278}}</ref>}}
This organisation is often said to be the root of the influential [[Methodist Church]].<ref name="Christianity-Holy Club">{{cite web|url = http://www.ctlibrary.com/ch/1983/issue2/216.html| title = Holy Club|publisher = Christianity Today|accessdate = 2009-05-28}}</ref>
== Notable personalities ==
The individuals listed below are notable members of the Holy Club who distinguished themselves later in life.
*[[John Wesley]] - founder of the [[Methodist Church]]<ref name="Christianity-Holy Club">{{cite web|url = http://www.ctlibrary.com/ch/1983/issue2/216.html| title = Holy Club|publisher = Christianity Today|accessdate = 2009-05-28}}</ref>
*[[Charles Wesley]] - famous [[hymn]] writer<ref name="Christianity-Holy Club">{{cite web|url = http://www.ctlibrary.com/ch/1983/issue2/216.html| title = Holy Club|publisher = Christianity Today|accessdate = 2009-05-28}}</ref>
*John Gambold - [[bishop]] of the [[Moravian Church]]<ref name="Christianity-Holy Club">{{cite web|url = http://www.ctlibrary.com/ch/1983/issue2/216.html| title = Holy Club|publisher = Christianity Today|accessdate = 2009-05-28}}</ref>
*John Clayton - distinguished [[Anglican]] churchman<ref name="Christianity-Holy Club">{{cite web|url = http://www.ctlibrary.com/ch/1983/issue2/216.html| title = Holy Club|publisher = Christianity Today|accessdate = 2009-05-28}}</ref>
*[[James Hervey]] - noted religious writer<ref name="Christianity-Holy Club">{{cite web|url = http://www.ctlibrary.com/ch/1983/issue2/216.html| title = Holy Club|publisher = Christianity Today|accessdate = 2009-05-28}}</ref>
*[[Benjamin Ingham]] - famous [[Evangelism|evangelist]] in [[Yorkshire]]<ref name="Christianity-Holy Club">{{cite web|url = http://www.ctlibrary.com/ch/1983/issue2/216.html| title = Holy Club|publisher = Christianity Today|accessdate = 2009-05-28}}</ref>
*Thomas Brougham - secretary of the [[Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge]]<ref name="Christianity-Holy Club">{{cite web|url = http://www.ctlibrary.com/ch/1983/issue2/216.html| title = Holy Club|publisher = Christianity Today|accessdate = 2009-05-28}}</ref>
*[[George Whitefield]] - famous clergyman associated both with the [[First Great Awakening]] in the [[United States]] and the [[Holiness movement|Evangelical Revival]] in [[England]]<ref name="Christianity-Holy Club">{{cite web|url = http://www.ctlibrary.com/ch/1983/issue2/216.html| title = Holy Club|publisher = Christianity Today|accessdate = 2009-05-28}}</ref>
== References ==
{{reflist}}
== See also ==
*[[Erasmus of Arcadia]]
*[[Oxford Inter-Collegiate Christian Union]]
==External links==
*[http://www.methodist.org.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=opentogod.content&cmid=1526 Methodist Church in Great Britain: Holy Club]
*[http://www.maninthemirror.org/weeklybriefing/wb0117.htm Man in the Mirror: Lessons from Oxford's Holy Club (Pat Morley)]
[[Category:1729 establishments]]
[[Category:British Christian student societies]]
[[Category:Clubs and societies of the University of Oxford]]
[[Category:Methodism]]