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 27
... 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 is not really ...
... 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 is not really ...
Page 29
... receive as salary for their day's work is kept to themselves , but is deposited before them all , in their midst , to be put to the common employment of those who wish to make use of it . 16 The Jewish historian Josephus also knew the ...
... receive as salary for their day's work is kept to themselves , but is deposited before them all , in their midst , to be put to the common employment of those who wish to make use of it . 16 The Jewish historian Josephus also knew the ...
Page 30
... received , they de- voted themselves to prayer and to labor : farming , pottery , leather - curing , and reproduction of manuscripts . Discipline was strict at Qumran , with a hierarchy of twelve priests , three elders , a superior ...
... received , they de- voted themselves to prayer and to labor : farming , pottery , leather - curing , and reproduction of manuscripts . Discipline was strict at Qumran , with a hierarchy of twelve priests , three elders , a superior ...
Page 37
... receive the special mercies of the Lord . Howard Kee cites as a prime example of this remnant theology the so - called Isaiah Apocalypse , dating to around the fourth century B.C. The nation has sinned and forsaken God's holy covenant ...
... receive the special mercies of the Lord . Howard Kee cites as a prime example of this remnant theology the so - called Isaiah Apocalypse , dating to around the fourth century B.C. The nation has sinned and forsaken God's holy covenant ...
Page 41
... receive a hundredfold now in this time , houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands , with persecu- tions , and in the age to come eternal life " ( Mark 10 : 28-31 ) . Allegiance to the new " family " of Jesus ...
... receive a hundredfold now in this time , houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands , with persecu- tions , and in the age to come eternal life " ( Mark 10 : 28-31 ) . Allegiance to the new " family " of Jesus ...
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
Acts answer apostles authority become believers body Brethren bring brothers brought build called century Chapter Christ Christian community church communal sharing communitarian continued covenant devoted doctrine early earth equality everything example faith Fathers finally given giving God's groups hand heart heaven held hold Holy Spirit Hutterites individual interpretation Jerusalem Jesus John joined Jubilee kingdom known labor land later leader lines live London look Lord material means meetings moved movement munity named nature one's Paul persecution Peter poor possessions poverty practice prayer present Press receive reform regarded remain rich rule Scripture seeking separation sharing sisters social society sought soul stressed teaching term things in common tion true whole writings wrote