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
... lands or houses sold them , and brought the proceeds of what was sold and laid it at the apostles ' feet ; and distribution was made to each as any had need ( Acts 4 : 32-35 ) . The facts are clear - cut and conclusive . Yet within ...
... lands or houses sold them , and brought the proceeds of what was sold and laid it at the apostles ' feet ; and distribution was made to each as any had need ( Acts 4 : 32-35 ) . The facts are clear - cut and conclusive . Yet within ...
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... lands expecting the second coming within the next few days . All have led the common person to reject communal sharing along with the aberrations as just one symptom of fanaticism . Since the beginning of monasticism , most groups that ...
... lands expecting the second coming within the next few days . All have led the common person to reject communal sharing along with the aberrations as just one symptom of fanaticism . Since the beginning of monasticism , most groups that ...
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... island of Lipara off Sicily . All land was held corporately by the inhabitants who had come from Rhodes and Cnidus and meals were eaten communally . It was , however , the fifth century B.C. that 26 Pilgrims of a Common Life.
... island of Lipara off Sicily . All land was held corporately by the inhabitants who had come from Rhodes and Cnidus and meals were eaten communally . It was , however , the fifth century B.C. that 26 Pilgrims of a Common Life.
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... land or any private possessions ; they receive their upkeep from the other citizens , and they must spend it in common . " 12 The fact that he went on to advocate community of wives merely highlights the flaws in an idealistic human at ...
... land or any private possessions ; they receive their upkeep from the other citizens , and they must spend it in common . " 12 The fact that he went on to advocate community of wives merely highlights the flaws in an idealistic human at ...
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... land " and bound themselves together by a strict covenant ( after a probationary period of upwards of two years ) , during which time they were regularly examined by the Superior . Once received , they de- voted themselves to prayer and ...
... land " and bound themselves together by a strict covenant ( after a probationary period of upwards of two years ) , during which time they were regularly examined by the Superior . Once received , they de- voted themselves to prayer and ...
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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