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
... serves consideration : commonwealth , derived , not from " com- mon wealth " as one might suppose , but " common weal " ( i.e. , common good ) . This was a term popular among those de- termined enough to plow through the Summa ...
... serves consideration : commonwealth , derived , not from " com- mon wealth " as one might suppose , but " common weal " ( i.e. , common good ) . This was a term popular among those de- termined enough to plow through the Summa ...
Page 28
... served both as dining room and tabernacle . Families lived alone , but their homes were open at any hour to other Essenes , even those who chose not to live communally . Unlike the Therapeutae , the Essenes held to the goodness of labor ...
... served both as dining room and tabernacle . Families lived alone , but their homes were open at any hour to other Essenes , even those who chose not to live communally . Unlike the Therapeutae , the Essenes held to the goodness of labor ...
Page 39
... serve him without fear , in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life ( Luke 1:68 , 73-75 ) . It is true that Zechariah sees more of the spiritual significance in the coming kingdom ( " knowledge of salvation ...
... serve him without fear , in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life ( Luke 1:68 , 73-75 ) . It is true that Zechariah sees more of the spiritual significance in the coming kingdom ( " knowledge of salvation ...
Page 45
... serve " ( citing Deut . 6:13 ) , is significant in that it foreshadows the message of renunciation which he was soon to bring . The message is plain : God offers life to those who truly seek it ; Satan offers the good things of this ...
... serve " ( citing Deut . 6:13 ) , is significant in that it foreshadows the message of renunciation which he was soon to bring . The message is plain : God offers life to those who truly seek it ; Satan offers the good things of this ...
Page 46
... serve two masters ; for either he will hate the one and love the other , or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other . You cannot serve G>d and mammon ( Matt . 6:24 ) . The Demonic Power of Possessions A slight development is ...
... serve two masters ; for either he will hate the one and love the other , or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other . You cannot serve G>d and mammon ( Matt . 6:24 ) . The Demonic Power of Possessions A slight development is ...
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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