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 17
... term . There was , however , basic agreement that people relate communally in two areas : politeia , the public life of a person's city or republic , and oikonomia , a person's household life . Add to this the religious aspect of life ...
... term . There was , however , basic agreement that people relate communally in two areas : politeia , the public life of a person's city or republic , and oikonomia , a person's household life . Add to this the religious aspect of life ...
Page 18
... terms had still been a wayfarer without a true home . Now , through Christ , he entered a new " polis , " a new " oikos " : the church of God . However , as a subsequent chapter will show , the issue be- came blurred once more in the ...
... terms had still been a wayfarer without a true home . Now , through Christ , he entered a new " polis , " a new " oikos " : the church of God . However , as a subsequent chapter will show , the issue be- came blurred once more in the ...
Page 19
... term gained popularity that also de- 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 ...
... term gained popularity that also de- 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 ...
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... term community is not as vague . It includes the notion of a voluntary surrender of individual ends in favor of mutual benefit and support , which is the only possi- ble outworking of the scriptural injunctions to love one another and ...
... term community is not as vague . It includes the notion of a voluntary surrender of individual ends in favor of mutual benefit and support , which is the only possi- ble outworking of the scriptural injunctions to love one another and ...
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... . Heresy and Nonconformity But what is heresy ? The term heresy comes from a Greek word implying " to choose between various options . " A heretic was one who had drifted away from " the sure The Vision and the Obstacles 23.
... . Heresy and Nonconformity But what is heresy ? The term heresy comes from a Greek word implying " to choose between various options . " A heretic was one who had drifted away from " the sure The Vision and the Obstacles 23.
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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