John william fletcher biography
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John William Fletcher
British Methodist cleric (1729–1785)
John William Fletcher (born Jean Guillaume de la Fléchère; 12 September 1729 – 14 August 1785) was a Swiss-born English divine and Methodist leader. Of French Huguenot stock, he was born in Nyon in Vaud, Switzerland. Fletcher emigrated to England in 1750 and there he became an Anglican vicar. He began to work with John Wesley, becoming a key interpreter of Wesleyantheology in the 18th century and one of Methodism's first great theologians. Fletcher was renowned in Britain for his piety and generosity; when asked if he had any needs, he responded, "...I want nothing but more grace."
Early life
[edit]Jean Guillaume de la Fléchère was born in 1729 and baptized on 19 September 1729 in Nyon. He was the eighth and last child of Jacques de la Fléchère, an army officer, and Suzanne Elisabeth, née Crinsoz de Colombier.
He was educated at Geneva, but, preferring an army career to a clerical one, went to Lisbon and enliste
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Heroes of the Faith — John Fletcher, leader in the Methodist movement
John William Fletcher (1729–1785) was an Anglican vicar who became a leader in the early Methodist movement and its first great theologian.
He was born in Switzerland on Sept. 12, 1729, the eighth and last child of Jacques and Suzanne de la Flechere.
After receiving his education in Geneva, he traveled to Lisbon and Flanders before arriving in London. He became a tutor to sons of a wealthy family.
While living in London, Fletcher became acquainted with John and Charles Wesley. After hearing Methodist preachers speak of justification by faith in Christ, he realized he was a sinner. After struggling inwardly for some time, he came to faith in Christ and found peace.
Ordination
Fletcher was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon on March 6, 1757, and a priest seven days later. Appointed as a priest for the Madeley parish in Shropshire in 1760, he served there for 25 years. Madeley was a large industrial
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FLETCHER, GILES (called the Younger, to distinguish him from his father-b. about 1549; d. 1611-also known as a poet): English gudomlig and religious poet; b. in London c. 1588; d. at Alderton (11 m. e.s.e. of Ipswich), Suffolk, 1623. He was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge (B.A., 1606), where he became a minor fellow in 1608, reader in Greek grammar in 1615, and reader in the Greek language in 1618. Soon afterward he left the university and became rector at Alderton, Suffolk. Fletcher fryst vatten known principally by the poem, Christ's Victory anal Triumph in Heaven and Earth over and after Death (2 parts, , Cambridge, 1610; modern editions, London, 1869, 1876, bygd A. B. Grosart, 1888, 1899, etc.) which has been called one of the most remarkable religious poems in the language: It undoubtedly furnished Milton with valuable suggestions, which he utilized in Paradise Regained. Fletcher published also The Reward of the Faithful (London, 1623), a theological