Reply #91: The material well-being of the poor was [View All]

[liberalhistorian]

one of his, if not his "sole" (if you'll pardon the pun!) concerns! Over and over and over and over and over and over again in the New Testament we are commanded to take care of the poor and the helpless, that the poor were of great concern to God, that he who does not heed the plight of the poor and the helpless and the needy is not worthy of God, that the disciples themselves were basically homeless. In fact, early Christianity was very communal, much as American Christians shudder to think of it.