Re: The Early Christians: In Their Own Words

According to Christians, the private owner****p of property was the result 
of sin. However necessary property might be for life in the present
demonic 
epoch, the Christians could not cling to it. The private larder or 
storeroom had to be put at the disposal of guests and wanderers just as 
much as the common treasury. Nor could anybody evade the church’s 
obligation to extend hospitality. In this way each congregation reached
out 
far beyond its own community.