From the Apostles to Wesley by William M. Greathouse

Christian perfection in historical perspective. "It is the thesis of this monograph that the teaching of Christian perfection derives essentially from the Scriptures, and that Wesley's doctrine, far from being a sectarian vagary is, indeed, in George Croft Cell's words, 'an original and unique synthesis' of the Protestant ethic of grace and the Catholic ideal of holiness." by the author.