Charles Wesley's 250-Year-Old Journal Finally Deciphered
"The 300,000-word journals of Charles Wesley, the co-founder of the Methodist movement, have finally been decoded after a nine-year project to unravel the hidden messages within his complex personal shorthand."
(Liverpool, England)—Rev Prof Kenneth Newport, pro vice-chancellor of Liverpool Hope University, has deciphered more than 1,000 pages of Charles Wesley's journal written 250 years ago.
According to a report in The Telegraph, using a handwritten transcription of the four Gospels made by Wesley, Newport deciphered the journals which revealed his concerns about a schism within the Church of England and the growth of Islam in the West.
The report adds that Newport studied the journals from copies of the originals held at Manchester's John Rylands Library.
