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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... labor and were skilled in crafts and agriculture . They tolerated marriage but advocated celibacy as a way of losing worldly cares and increasing devotion to God . Philo knew of the Essenes 28 Pilgrims of a Common Life.
... labor and were skilled in crafts and agriculture . They tolerated marriage but advocated celibacy as a way of losing worldly cares and increasing devotion to God . Philo knew of the Essenes 28 Pilgrims of a Common Life.
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... labor : farming , pottery , leather - curing , and reproduction of manuscripts . Discipline was strict at Qumran , with a hierarchy of twelve priests , three elders , a superior , and a treasurer . Excommunica- tion was taken seriously ...
... labor : farming , pottery , leather - curing , and reproduction of manuscripts . Discipline was strict at Qumran , with a hierarchy of twelve priests , three elders , a superior , and a treasurer . Excommunica- tion was taken seriously ...
Page 76
... labor , and communal sharing . Prayers and meals were held together , while the daily round centered on devo- tions , tilling , planting , copying books , and receiving visitors . By 350 the communities housed thousands1 and were ...
... labor , and communal sharing . Prayers and meals were held together , while the daily round centered on devo- tions , tilling , planting , copying books , and receiving visitors . By 350 the communities housed thousands1 and were ...
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... labor , and that he should receive whatever he needs from the common supply , saying with him whose precept and example he has followed : " As having nothing yet possessing all things . " 10 St. Basil His contemporary from Cappadocia ...
... labor , and that he should receive whatever he needs from the common supply , saying with him whose precept and example he has followed : " As having nothing yet possessing all things . " 10 St. Basil His contemporary from Cappadocia ...
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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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