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The Myth of Christianity's 'Socialist Roots'
• FEENearly two millennia ago, some of the earliest followers of Christ in Jerusalem arranged their affairs in a way that still prompts the claim that Christianity's roots are socialist, communal, or even "communist." When we celebrate the birth of Jesus, we should understand that this claim is spurious, if not blasphemous.
Its sources are two passages in the New Testament's Book of Acts, chapter 2, verses 44–45, which states: "All the believers were together and had everything in common. They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need." Acts 4:32 declares: "All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had."
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It may look like socialism, but it is way more, and way better. Consider Jesus's prayer that comprises all of John 17. Some of it: "My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one: I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me." I hope that you forget the politics for a moment, and focus on the relationships.