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== Beliefs ==
== Beliefs ==
Methodists are [[Protestants]] and believe the [[Bible]] to be divine revelation and the ultimate guide to doctrine. Scripture is understood through the use of reason, church tradition, and personal experience. This fourfold approach to religious truth--scripture, reason, tradition, and experience--is referred to as the Wesleyan Quadrilateral. By comparison, the Anglican church from which Methodism came speaks of a three-legged stool consisting of scripture, reason, and tradition.
Methodists are [[Protestants]] and believe the [[Bible]] to be divine revelation and the ultimate guide to doctrine. Scripture is understood through the use of reason, church tradition, and personal experience. This fourfold approach to religious truth—scripture, reason, tradition, and experience—is referred to as the Wesleyan Quadrilateral. By comparison, the Anglican church from which Methodism came speaks of a three-legged stool consisting of scripture, reason, and tradition.
Methodists are [[Arminianism|Arminian]] in doctrine, but unlike Arminian [[Baptists]], Methodists baptize infants and believe in the [[real presence]]. They are also characterized by their belief in [[perfectionism]], the teaching that a person in his earthly life can reach a state where he is no longer under the domination of sin. Methodists have long taught the Christian obligation to tend to the needs of the poor and unfortunate and, like [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostals]], they emphasize the importance of revival in the church.
Methodists are [[Arminianism|Arminian]] in doctrine, but unlike Arminian [[Baptists]], Methodists baptize infants and believe in the [[real presence]]. They are also characterized by their belief in [[perfectionism]], the teaching that a person in his earthly life can reach a state where he is no longer under the domination of sin. Methodists have long taught the Christian obligation to tend to the needs of the poor and unfortunate and, like [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostals]], they emphasize the importance of revival in the church.