the beliefs and practices of the Methodists (= members of a Christian Protestant Church that broke away from the Church of England in the 18th century) 循道宗信徒(18 世紀從英國國教分離出的基督教新教教徒) Some historians have argued that it was Methodism that prevented revolution in Britain between 1789 and 1848. 一些歷史學家認爲,是衛理公會阻止了1789年至1848年間英國的革命。