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 13
... practice . Even so , pitfalls remained , for what was 1 to make of com- munistic groups that would certainly have called themselves Christian but which held heterodox , or even heretical , beliefs : Oneida , the Shakers , the early ...
... practice . Even so , pitfalls remained , for what was 1 to make of com- munistic groups that would certainly have called themselves Christian but which held heterodox , or even heretical , beliefs : Oneida , the Shakers , the early ...
Page 14
... practice as old as the church itself . The few writers to attempt such an overview merely referred to each other and said little that was new . So objectivity was de rigueur , the straight facts , including the warts . And yet I could ...
... practice as old as the church itself . The few writers to attempt such an overview merely referred to each other and said little that was new . So objectivity was de rigueur , the straight facts , including the warts . And yet I could ...
Page 21
... to keep their possessions and give alms , they conclude with relief that community living finished with Jerusalem and was practiced nowhere else . Attempts to Define " Communal Sharing " The question of The Vision and the Obstacles 21.
... to keep their possessions and give alms , they conclude with relief that community living finished with Jerusalem and was practiced nowhere else . Attempts to Define " Communal Sharing " The question of The Vision and the Obstacles 21.
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... practices that are far from commendable . Exam- ples of this include the messianic kingdom at Münster , with a peasant crowned as king and wives held in common ; the breakaway Franciscans under Fra Dolcino ( who had himself wrapped in ...
... practices that are far from commendable . Exam- ples of this include the messianic kingdom at Münster , with a peasant crowned as king and wives held in common ; the breakaway Franciscans under Fra Dolcino ( who had himself wrapped in ...
Page 23
... practices , and occult dabblings easily prove that they are misguided , but the cults do practice things which Jesus enjoined on his own followers , such as self - denial , sacrificial giving , and separation from the world . As such ...
... practices , and occult dabblings easily prove that they are misguided , but the cults do practice things which Jesus enjoined on his own followers , such as self - denial , sacrificial giving , and separation from the world . As such ...
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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