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 21
... believers scattered by the persecutions of Saul of Tarsus ( Acts 9 ) and Herod Agrippa ( Acts 12 ) spread far and wide , encountering new cultures and Gentile rulers . We are nowhere definitely told that they continued to share all ...
... believers scattered by the persecutions of Saul of Tarsus ( Acts 9 ) and Herod Agrippa ( Acts 12 ) spread far and wide , encountering new cultures and Gentile rulers . We are nowhere definitely told that they continued to share all ...
Page 24
... believers , separated from the world . Several of these churches practiced " all things in common . " The established church , however , held the reins and was able to anathematize such groups as heretics for not having toed the line ...
... believers , separated from the world . Several of these churches practiced " all things in common . " The established church , however , held the reins and was able to anathematize such groups as heretics for not having toed the line ...
Page 36
... believers . The common sharing of tithes by the people under Nehemiah ( 13 : 10-13 ) shows marked simi- larities to the community at Jerusalem in Acts 4 with its dea- cons stewarding the common fund . The Prophetic Movement The last ...
... believers . The common sharing of tithes by the people under Nehemiah ( 13 : 10-13 ) shows marked simi- larities to the community at Jerusalem in Acts 4 with its dea- cons stewarding the common fund . The Prophetic Movement The last ...
Page 51
... believers follow his example and move in his heart , and are subjected for that reason to the same persecutions ( v . 14 ) . Their mission is nevertheless to be in the world , not to be taken out of it ( i.e. , in resurrection of body ) ...
... believers follow his example and move in his heart , and are subjected for that reason to the same persecutions ( v . 14 ) . Their mission is nevertheless to be in the world , not to be taken out of it ( i.e. , in resurrection of body ) ...
Page 55
... believers . The quibbling has continued for centuries over the correct interpretation , one group favoring full sharing , another stewardship . Certainly there was not one great , definitive sale of everything . As Jackson and Lake ...
... believers . The quibbling has continued for centuries over the correct interpretation , one group favoring full sharing , another stewardship . Certainly there was not one great , definitive sale of everything . As Jackson and Lake ...
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 | |
Common terms and phrases
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