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Property and riches in the early church : aspects of a social history of early Christianity /
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TextLanguage: English Original language: German Publication details: London. SCM Press Ltd. Philadelphia. Fortress Press. ©1974Edition: 1st American edDescription: viii, 96 pages ; 22 cmISBN: - 0334013291
- 0800612019
- 9780800612016
- 9780334013297
- Eigentum und Reichtum in der frühen Kirche. English
- 261.8/5
- BR166 .H4513 1974
Contents:
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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Translation of: Eigentum und Reichtum in der frühen Kirche
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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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