Abstract
ABSTRACTThis article argues for a continuity between Pentecostals, Wesley, and Protestant Reformers on sola fide. The Protestant Reformers retained the idea from the Middle Ages that faith is an affective movement within the soul and that the formation of Christ within the soul is tantamount to the right ordering of the affections. The presence of Christ is the Spirit’s work of forming the affections so that they embody Christ’s own character and thus Christ himself. Drawing on Wesley’s ‘heart religion’ with its emphasis on the affections, a Pentecostal understanding of regeneration and the role of faith retains the focus on rightly ordered affections. This focus reveals both the continuity with Protestant Reformers and the centrality of affections in the spiritual life.
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