August Theodor Arvidson (born October 13, 1883) was a
bishop of
The Methodist Church in
Sweden
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.
Arvidson was born in
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, Sweden, to
Lutheran parents. He was
converted
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to
Methodism in his
youth and joined the Methodist Church in
Gothenburg
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in 1901. He joined Sveriges Arskonferens (Swedish Conference) in full connection in 1909.
Prior to his
election to the
episcopacy in 1946, he served as a
pastor,
district superintendent,
book editor and
manager. As bishop he served the Central Conference of Northern Europe of the Methodist Church. He also served for a time as the president of the National Free Church Council and as a member of the Ecumenical Council of Sweden and the Nordic Inst., Sigtuna.
Selected writings
*''Det Avgörande Beviset för Kristendomen'' (The Final Evidence for Christianity), 1917.
*''Helgelsen - Grundval och Upplevelse'' (Sanctification - Foundation and Experience), 1931.
*''Andens Fullhet och Andens Gåvor'' (The fulness of the Spirit and the Gifts of the Spirit), 2nd ed., 1935.
*''Av Mitt Skall han Taga'' (He Will Take of Mine), 1937.
*''Från Advent till Pingst'' (From Advent to Pentecost), 1937.
*''Methodistkyrkan, Vad hon är, Vad hon lär, Vad hon vill'' (The Methodist Church, What She Is, What She Teaches, What She Will), 4th enl. ed., 1940.
*Translations of several English books including work of
Bishop Nuelsen.
References
*Leete, Frederick DeLand, Methodist Bishops. Nashville, The Parthenon Press, 1948.
See also
*
List of bishops of the United Methodist Church
1883 births
Year of death missing
Methodist clergy in Sweden
Bishops of The Methodist Church (USA)
Swedish bishops
Swedish-language writers
Methodist writers
English–Swedish translators
Book editors
Swedish editors
Editors of Christian publications
Converts to Methodism
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