In the year of 1741, the controversial debates about Calvin’s doctrine of predestination had been discussed intensely among methodists. John and Charles Wesley, who are against this doctrine, published Hymns on God’s Everlasting Love series in 1741. Through these hymn books, Charles Wesley, who is considered to be the main author of these two books, continually criticizes Calvin’s doctrine of predestination, especially regarding the elected and the reprobates, and strongly shouts for God’s general love for all mankind. Even though these two hymn books are valuable books for tracing the consolidation of Charles Wesley’s theology about Calvin’s doctrine of predestination and God’s universal love for all, they have not been studied enough because these books are considered to be only hymn books. This thesis studies on Wesley’s theology about Calvin’s doctrine of predestination and God’s universal love for all, through analyzing five major poems.

• 이현주(Associate Professor of English at Methodist Theological University) | Lee, Hyun-ju