[PEN-L:33235] Christian Economics, 2

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Acts 4:32 to 4:35 --

"The whole body of believers was united in heart and soul. Not a man of them claimed any of his possessions as his own, but everything was held in common, while the apostles fore witness with great power to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. They were all held in high esteem; for they had never a needy person among them, because all who had property in land or houses sold it, brought the proceeds of the sale, and laid the money at the feet of the apostles; it was then distributed to any who stood in need."

The leader of the pack mentioned above was none other than the apostle Peter, the "rock" on which the new Christian church was to be built. This communial economic system (which depended, of course, on the external economic systems of the Holy Land, Roman slavery, petty production, etc) was therefore not created by some outsider to the Christian discourse.


Eric
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