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 28
... hand in hand with practice , and certain ascetic communities did exist in pre - Pentecost days . The Therapeutae of the first century B.C. were spread over a wide area of Egypt , especially around Alexandria and on the shores of Lake ...
... hand in hand with practice , and certain ascetic communities did exist in pre - Pentecost days . The Therapeutae of the first century B.C. were spread over a wide area of Egypt , especially around Alexandria and on the shores of Lake ...
Page 33
... hand to your brother , to the needy and to the poor . " In the context of the sabbatical year this suggests a spiritual principle in shadow form : to live at all times the principles of the sabbath year res- toration . This notion is ...
... hand to your brother , to the needy and to the poor . " In the context of the sabbatical year this suggests a spiritual principle in shadow form : to live at all times the principles of the sabbath year res- toration . This notion is ...
Page 39
... hand of our enemies , might serve him without fear , in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life ( Luke 1:68 , 73-75 ) . It is true that Zechariah sees more of the spiritual significance in the coming kingdom ...
... hand of our enemies , might serve him without fear , in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life ( Luke 1:68 , 73-75 ) . It is true that Zechariah sees more of the spiritual significance in the coming kingdom ...
Page 59
... hands . Yet it is as hard to prove this as it is to prove the contrary , that citizens of the city took in others to share their home and to have all things in common with them . We just do not know . The second blow was the famine ...
... hands . Yet it is as hard to prove this as it is to prove the contrary , that citizens of the city took in others to share their home and to have all things in common with them . We just do not know . The second blow was the famine ...
Page 62
... hands so that they may have something to share with one in need . Certainly the way in which Paul was interpreting " all things in common " was less clear - cut than that at Jerusalem , and more open to abuse by human selfishness . But ...
... hands so that they may have something to share with one in need . Certainly the way in which Paul was interpreting " all things in common " was less clear - cut than that at Jerusalem , and more open to abuse by human selfishness . But ...
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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