Pilgrims of a Common Life: Christian Community of Goods Through the CenturiesMultiply Publications, 1987 - 207 pages A thorough but readable historical review of Christian Community of goods through the centuries. Essential reading for all those interested in the practice of Christian community both in the past and in the present. |
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Page 13
... God's will for today . So the research for this volume began out of personal interest and was given direction by my own community , which en- couraged me to discover something of our communitarian roots . The path has been long and at ...
... God's will for today . So the research for this volume began out of personal interest and was given direction by my own community , which en- couraged me to discover something of our communitarian roots . The path has been long and at ...
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... God . " Here is the language of the old order : " citizens ” —the politeia and " household ” —the oikonomia . Both are entirely reconstituted in Christ . The average convert had lived " in community " by the accepted norms , but in God's ...
... God . " Here is the language of the old order : " citizens ” —the politeia and " household ” —the oikonomia . Both are entirely reconstituted in Christ . The average convert had lived " in community " by the accepted norms , but in God's ...
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... among those de- termined enough to plow through the Summa Theologica of Thomas Aquinas , who repeatedly taught that God wills to draw humanity into " the community of his enjoyment . ” The Vision and the Obstacles 19.
... among those de- termined enough to plow through the Summa Theologica of Thomas Aquinas , who repeatedly taught that God wills to draw humanity into " the community of his enjoyment . ” The Vision and the Obstacles 19.
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... God to the common good . Aquinas interpreted this as involving a true bond of Christian brotherhood in a life of ... God's will , both were the good news . Nowadays the impression is easily given in Christian circles that only the ...
... God to the common good . Aquinas interpreted this as involving a true bond of Christian brotherhood in a life of ... God's will , both were the good news . Nowadays the impression is easily given in Christian circles that only the ...
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... God might also be so in temporal things : Now the company of those who believed were of one heart and soul , and no one said that any of the things which he possessed was his own , but they had everything in common . And with great ...
... God might also be so in temporal things : Now the company of those who believed were of one heart and soul , and no one said that any of the things which he possessed was his own , but they had everything in common . And with great ...
Contents
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The Late Middle Ages | 88 |
The Reformation | 102 |
The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries | 118 |
The Nineteenth Century | 137 |
The Twentieth Century | 152 |
The Characteristics | 165 |
Appendix | 177 |
Bibliography | 191 |
Scripture Index | 199 |
The Author 207 | |
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