Long regarded as a spiritual grandfather of sorts for the Pentecostal movement, John Wesley has been credited by some as paving the way for their doctrinal distinctive of Spirit baptism through his teaching on entire sanctification. Yet, Wesley’s language surrounding Spirit baptism and the meaning of Pentecost differs significantly from that of classical Pentecostalism, calling into question whether a direct line can be drawn from Wesley himself to this Pentecostal distinctive. This article makes the case that their doctrine of Spirit baptism owes much more to the theology of Wesley’s intended successor John Fletcher and the Holiness movement that followed than Wesley’s doctrine of entire sanctification, and that one may find in Fletcher’s theology the seeds that would culminate in this Pentecostal doctrine easier than one could in Wesley’s theology.

长期以来，约翰卫斯理一直被认为是五旬节运动的精神祖父，一些人认为约翰卫斯理通过他对整个成圣的教导为他们独特的精神洗礼教义铺平了道路。然而，卫斯理关于圣灵洗礼的语言和五旬节的含义与古典五旬节派的意义大不相同，这引发了疑问，是否可以从卫斯理本人那里得出一条与五旬节派的独特性之间的直接联系。这篇文章证明他们的圣灵洗礼教义更多地归功于卫斯理的继任者约翰弗莱彻的神学和随后的圣洁运动，而不是卫斯理的完全成圣教义，