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United Methodism traces its history back to the early Christian church and the Protestant Reformation ( a period of (religious fervor that saw the division of Catholicism and Protestantism).  After a religious experience in 1738, Anglican Priest John Wesley (the eventual founder of Methodism), set out with his brother Charles to form societies of "Methodists," so-called because members followed a rigorous daily routine of methodical study, religious observance, personal piety, and public service.