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 24
... line . To make the charge stick , the name of a known heresy was usually added , the most convenient being that of Mani- chaeism . The Manichaeans attempted to account for the ap- parent discrepancy between the God of vengeance and the ...
... line . To make the charge stick , the name of a known heresy was usually added , the most convenient being that of Mani- chaeism . The Manichaeans attempted to account for the ap- parent discrepancy between the God of vengeance and the ...
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... line of " all things in common " throughout church his- tory . Until the advent of printing and higher levels of literacy among poorer classes , it was costly and laborious to write books . Few could do it and not many read them once ...
... line of " all things in common " throughout church his- tory . Until the advent of printing and higher levels of literacy among poorer classes , it was costly and laborious to write books . Few could do it and not many read them once ...
Page 36
... lines of full restoration , justice , and equality outlined in Leviticus.6 Further Old Testament foretastes of the life of sharing and equality may be seen in David's egalitarian treatment of his band of followers in 1 Samuel 30 , where ...
... lines of full restoration , justice , and equality outlined in Leviticus.6 Further Old Testament foretastes of the life of sharing and equality may be seen in David's egalitarian treatment of his band of followers in 1 Samuel 30 , where ...
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... line stood the Essenes , with their Dead Sea community of Qumran , already discussed in the preceding chapter . The whole process is remarkably similar to the state of affairs at the close of the Roman Empire , with Christian hermits ...
... line stood the Essenes , with their Dead Sea community of Qumran , already discussed in the preceding chapter . The whole process is remarkably similar to the state of affairs at the close of the Roman Empire , with Christian hermits ...
Page 54
... lines of a haburah ( a voluntary association common among the Jews ) , central to which was a communal meal . As F. F. Bruce points out , the phrase " in their homes " ( v . 46 ) is better rendered " by households , " a reading borne ...
... lines of a haburah ( a voluntary association common among the Jews ) , central to which was a communal meal . As F. F. Bruce points out , the phrase " in their homes " ( v . 46 ) is better rendered " by households , " a reading borne ...
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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