Theologians of other traditions have long concurred that what set John Wesley apart — and, I submit, what we Methodists ought gratefully to embrace, reinforcing our unity — is that he “sought Christianity more in practical principles and sanctified affections than in orthodox formulas, and laid greater stress on the ecumenical consensus which unites than on the sectarian dissensus which divides the Christians.” Philip Schaff, Creeds of Christendom, Vol. I (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1877), 891.