Catechesis – Communal Life of the Early Church – Fr Peter George Flynn OFM

About this episode

Fr. Peter George Flynn discusses the communal life of the early church and contrasts it with Marxist communism.

Fr. Peter George Flynn opens with a close reading of the communal life of the early church, distinguishing it firmly from Marxist communism: Barnabas gave freely and was praised for it precisely because he was not obliged to. Then comes the story of Ananias and Sapphira — who did give, but lied about the amount. […]

People in this episode

Guest: Fr Peter George Flynn

Topics covered

• communal life
• early church
• Marxist communism
• Christian teachings
• honesty in giving

Keywords

• communal life
• early church
• Marxism
• Barnabas
• Ananias
• Sapphira
• Christianity
• giving

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: early church

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