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Langrishe Place, Methodist Chapel
Langrishe Place, Methodist Chapel or Langrishe Hall was a Methodist Chapel established in Langrishe Place, Summerhill, Dublin, it was to provide a place for the congregation from the Free Church, Great Charles Street, Dublin (called the Wesley Chapel), which was too big for their numbers, and the congregation were unable to clear the debt on the Charles St. church.The Methodist Chapels in Dublin
by Rev. D. A. Levistone Cooney, Dublin Historical Record , Autumn, 2004, Vol. 57, No. 2 (Autumn, 2004), pp. 152-163. Published by: Old Dublin Society.
Originally set up in a rented premise in Langrishe Place in 1825, enlarged in 1830, the premises along with two houses were purchased and the chapel was rebuilt in 1835.
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Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's brother Charles Wesley were also significant early leaders in the movement. They were named ''Methodists'' for "the methodical way in which they carried out their Christian faith". Methodism originated as a revival movement within the 18th-century Church of England and became a separate denomination after Wesley's death. The movement spread throughout the British Empire, the United States, and beyond because of vigorous missionary work, today claiming approximately 80 million adherents worldwide. Wesleyan theology, which is upheld by the Methodist churches, focuses on sanctification and the transforming effect of faith on the character of a Christian. Distinguishing doctrines include the new birth, assurance, imparted righteousness ...
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Free Church, Great Charles Street, Dublin
Free Church, Great Charles Street, Dublin was a proprietary episcopal chapel in Summerhill, Dublin, Summerhill, off Mountjoy Square in Dublin. Built by Methodist Church in Ireland, Methodists, in 1800, designed by architect Edward Robbins, and initially known as the ''Wesley Chapel''. Following a schism in the congregation in 1816, a group called the Primitive Methodist Church, Primitive Wesleyan Methodists split from the Methodist Church, it became known as the free church. Due to the free church being too large for their numbers, the Primitive Wesleyan Methodists opened a new Chapel nearby in Langrishe Place, Methodist Chapel, Langrishe Place, Summerhill, in 1825. The Free Church was used by the Anglican congregation from the nearby St. George's Church, Dublin while it was being constructed. It was reconsecrated a church within the Church of Ireland, Anglican Community on 4 May 1828 by Archbishop Magee. The landlord, the Methodist printer (who was treasurer of the Primitive ...
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