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Aldersgate Sunday
Also called: Wesley Day, Aldersgate Day
Sunday nearest May 24
Methodist
The remembrance of John Wesley's "Aldersgate experience" on May 24, 1738, when, during a meeting in Aldersgate Street, London, at which Luther's Preface to the Epistle to the Romans was being read, Wesley felt his "heart strangely warmed" and experienced an assurance of salvation. n.
This moment is considered the pivotal event of the Evangelical Revival and the beginning of the Methodist movement. It usually falls on or around Sunday nearest May 24.
It is especially important in Methodist traditions. Browse Christian holidays — browse options on Eden.
At a glance
- Type
- observance
- Date type
- Semi-fixed
- Regions
- Global
- Themes
- Church History, Holy Spirit
- Liturgical colour
- White
Common questions
Aldersgate Sunday is observed on Sunday nearest May 24. Moveable feasts shift each year; fixed feasts stay on the same calendar date.
The remembrance of John Wesley's "Aldersgate experience" on May 24, 1738, when, during a meeting in Aldersgate Street, London, at which Luther's Preface to the Epistle to the Romans was being read, Wesley felt his "heart strangely warmed" and experienced an assurance of salvation. This moment is considered the pivotal event of the Evangelical Revival and the beginning of the Methodist movement.
It is associated with Methodist. It falls in the Easter, Ordinary Time season of the liturgical year.