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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... present book arises from one of the more important of these developments in England . The author has sought to place his own spiritual walk , which brought him into community , within the larger Christian story . Another Englishman ...
... present book arises from one of the more important of these developments in England . The author has sought to place his own spiritual walk , which brought him into community , within the larger Christian story . Another Englishman ...
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... present time ( i.e. , since the mid - 1970s ) with the rise of the re- ligious cults . In an age where dissatisfaction with materialism and the impersonal nature of society are causing young people to look for alternatives , the ...
... present time ( i.e. , since the mid - 1970s ) with the rise of the re- ligious cults . In an age where dissatisfaction with materialism and the impersonal nature of society are causing young people to look for alternatives , the ...
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... present world and its base spirit . It is rather a separate , regenerate entity which lives on earth the communal , devoted life of Paradise . This is the path which this study will attempt to trace , pitted though it is with the ...
... present world and its base spirit . It is rather a separate , regenerate entity which lives on earth the communal , devoted life of Paradise . This is the path which this study will attempt to trace , pitted though it is with the ...
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... presents the views of such a com- munitarian school of thought through this speech by the heroine , Praxagora : The rule which I dare to enact and declare Is that all should be equal and equally share All wealth and enjoyments , nor ...
... presents the views of such a com- munitarian school of thought through this speech by the heroine , Praxagora : The rule which I dare to enact and declare Is that all should be equal and equally share All wealth and enjoyments , nor ...
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... of their brotherly life together . As such , Qumran presents a good parallel to many early Christian monastic communities three centuries later . The Scriptural Position , Part I : The Old Covenant 30 Pilgrims of a Common Life.
... of their brotherly life together . As such , Qumran presents a good parallel to many early Christian monastic communities three centuries later . The Scriptural Position , Part I : The Old Covenant 30 Pilgrims of a Common Life.
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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