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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... Souls College , Oxford , who read several chapters and aided me with his astute comments . Not least am I indebted to my wife and my brothers and sisters of the New Creation Christian Community ( Jesus Fellowship Church , Baptist ) ...
... Souls College , Oxford , who read several chapters and aided me with his astute comments . Not least am I indebted to my wife and my brothers and sisters of the New Creation Christian Community ( Jesus Fellowship Church , Baptist ) ...
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... soul , and no one said that any of the things which he possessed was his own , but they had everything in common . And with great power the apostles gave their testimony to the resurrec- tion of the Lord Jesus , and great grace was upon ...
... soul , and no one said that any of the things which he possessed was his own , but they had everything in common . And with great power the apostles gave their testimony to the resurrec- tion of the Lord Jesus , and great grace was upon ...
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... soul shall not abhor you ; And I will walk among you , and will be your God , and you shall be my people ' ( 26 : 3 , 11 , 12 ) . The Lord gladly dwells among a people who will earnestly and obediently practice the highest commands of ...
... soul shall not abhor you ; And I will walk among you , and will be your God , and you shall be my people ' ( 26 : 3 , 11 , 12 ) . The Lord gladly dwells among a people who will earnestly and obediently practice the highest commands of ...
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... soul , and with all your mind , and with all your strength . ' The second is this , ' You shall love your neighbor as yourself . ' There is no other commandment greater than these " ( Mark 12 : 28-31 ) . Here he cites the post - Jubilee ...
... soul , and with all your mind , and with all your strength . ' The second is this , ' You shall love your neighbor as yourself . ' There is no other commandment greater than these " ( Mark 12 : 28-31 ) . Here he cites the post - Jubilee ...
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... souls irrevocably through them.14 To gain salvation from such a situation , a full and thoroughgoing sacrifice of all possessions and worldly ties must take place . Mammon becomes an idol , even The Scriptural Position , Part I 45.
... souls irrevocably through them.14 To gain salvation from such a situation , a full and thoroughgoing sacrifice of all possessions and worldly ties must take place . Mammon becomes an idol , even The Scriptural Position , Part I 45.
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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