sentences:  However, Wesley could not openly announce his episcopal consecration without incurring the penalty of the Præmunire Act.In light of Wesley's episcopal consecration by Erasmus, the Methodist Church can lay a claim on apostolic succession, as understood in the traditional sense, since John Wesley ordained and sent forth every Methodist preacher in his day, who preached and baptized and ordained, and since every Methodist preacher who has ever been ordained as a Methodist was ordained in this direct "succession" from Erasmus.Nevertheless, there are some individuals who dispute Wesley's consecration by Erasmus or condemned it, most notably Augustus Toplady.