Property and riches in the early church : aspects of a social history of early Christianity /

Hengel, Martin

Property and riches in the early church : aspects of a social history of early Christianity / - 1st American ed - London. Philadelphia. SCM Press Ltd. Fortress Press. ©1974 - viii, 96 pages ; 22 cm

Translation of: Eigentum und Reichtum in der frühen Kirche

Includes bibliographical references

The criticism of property among the fathers, natural law and utopia in antiquity. The criticism of property among the fourth-century fathers ; Natural law and utopia in antiquity ; Greek influence in early Christianity? -- Property and riches in the Old Testament and Judaism. The prophetic criticism of riches and its expression in the Torah ; Social tensions in early Judaism ; Poverty and riches in the rabbis -- The preaching of Jesus. Jesus' radical criticism of property ; Jesus' free attitude to property ; The imminence of the rule of God and the love of the Father -- The 'love communism' of the primitive community -- Paul and the communities of the Gentile Christian mission. The new situation ; The social structure of the Gentile Christian communities ;

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Property--Religious aspects--Christianity--History
Wealth--Moral and ethical aspects--History
Christian sociology--History--Early church, ca. 30-600
Wealth--Religious aspects--Christianity

eiendom rikdom urkirken

BR166 / .H4513 1974

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