Re: The Early Christians: In Their Own Words

Everyone was equally respected, equally judged, and equally called. The 
result was equality and fellow****p in everything: the same rights, the
same 
obligation to work, and the same op****tunities. All this led to a 
preference for a simple standard of living. Even the Spirit-bearers and 
leaders who were cared for by the church could not expect any more than
the 
simplest fare of the poor. The mutual respect among those early Christians

bore fruit in a “socialistic” solidarity rooted in a love that sprang from

the belief in the equality of all people.