I mean some very early Christian sects lives communally. But that was more so when Christianity amounted to loosely affiliated groups with similar beliefs spread throughout the Mediterranean. Those for the most part faded away as the early churches began organizing in a more formal fashion.
Monks and nuns live communally to this day in isolation. But they all do the work and share because they all pull their weight. A monk or nun that isn't pulling their weight in the monastery is asked to leave.
I said for the most part not specifically stating all of them. There’s exceptions to everything. The orders of Monks and Nuns and a handful of fringe groups are the exception.
Generally though on a whole. The practice of communal living has faded from the lives of the majority of Christians.
Communal living still requires that the pull their weight or else they are exiled. That was true with communal living of early Christianity and any other society with communal living.
The mistake people make comparing communal living to communism is that communal living involves everyone holding each other accountable while sharing responsibility. Communism doesn't hold everyone accountable and the responsibility isn't shared.
Think of communal living as a barter system where you contribute goods in exchange for access to other goods in the community. Similar to a social contract between citizen and state with taxes and a federal system.
I mean some very early Christian sects lives communally. But that was more so when Christianity amounted to loosely affiliated groups with similar beliefs spread throughout the Mediterranean. Those for the most part faded away as the early churches began organizing in a more formal fashion.
Monks and nuns live communally to this day in isolation. But they all do the work and share because they all pull their weight. A monk or nun that isn't pulling their weight in the monastery is asked to leave.
I said for the most part not specifically stating all of them. There’s exceptions to everything. The orders of Monks and Nuns and a handful of fringe groups are the exception.
Generally though on a whole. The practice of communal living has faded from the lives of the majority of Christians.
Communal living still requires that the pull their weight or else they are exiled. That was true with communal living of early Christianity and any other society with communal living.
The mistake people make comparing communal living to communism is that communal living involves everyone holding each other accountable while sharing responsibility. Communism doesn't hold everyone accountable and the responsibility isn't shared.
Think of communal living as a barter system where you contribute goods in exchange for access to other goods in the community. Similar to a social contract between citizen and state with taxes and a federal system.