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 19
... possessions were shared in common out of love for Christ . To put together the various strands and attempt some working definition , we are left with the following consensus : an organized religious or social body with distinct identity ...
... possessions were shared in common out of love for Christ . To put together the various strands and attempt some working definition , we are left with the following consensus : an organized religious or social body with distinct identity ...
Page 21
... possessions , so that all who were now united and equal in the blessings of God might also be so in temporal things : Now the company of those who believed were of one heart and soul , and no one said that any of the things which he ...
... possessions , so that all who were now united and equal in the blessings of God might also be so in temporal things : Now the company of those who believed were of one heart and soul , and no one said that any of the things which he ...
Page 26
... possessions could be returned if anyone chose to leave . In 580 Diodor reported a communistic settlement on the island of Lipara off Sicily . All land was held corporately by the inhabitants who had come from Rhodes and Cnidus and meals ...
... possessions could be returned if anyone chose to leave . In 580 Diodor reported a communistic settlement on the island of Lipara off Sicily . All land was held corporately by the inhabitants who had come from Rhodes and Cnidus and meals ...
Page 27
... 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- tempt to work what ...
... 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- tempt to work what ...
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... possessions at the time of joining and gave themselves to a contemplative life . Men and women could join , but strict celibacy was to be observed . The day was given over to prayer , meditation , and a single meal . Curiously enough ...
... possessions at the time of joining and gave themselves to a contemplative life . Men and women could join , but strict celibacy was to be observed . The day was given over to prayer , meditation , and a single meal . Curiously enough ...
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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