2007-09-24 11:19:18 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Acts 2:44- 47.
god bless
2007-09-24 11:22:52 · answer #1 · answered by happy pilgrim 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm not sure what you mean by early christian community. I will take it to mean apostolic christianity in Palestine before the siege of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. If so, 4 characteristics of the early christians were:
1. Non-violence
2. Communalism (shared goods and lived simply)
3. Apocalyptic (felt that Jesus would soon return)
4. Jewish (kept a modified jewish-christian version of the Torah)
Blessings
2007-09-24 19:55:11 · answer #2 · answered by Ron L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. It was Jewish for about 10 years, then the Gentiles joined.
2. It was taught in synagogues.
3. It was persecuted.
4. It was incredibly blessed. They served each other.
May I recommend some beautiful audio files called "The People Known as the Early Christians," by Elhanan Ben-Avraham at Netivyah in Jerusalm, linked.
2007-09-24 18:24:26 · answer #3 · answered by cmw 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mark 16: 15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. 17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; 18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
19 So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. 20 And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
2007-09-24 18:24:52 · answer #4 · answered by heiscomingintheclouds 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Apostle's Teaching, Prayer, Breaking bread, all things in common.
2007-09-24 18:22:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There was a christian community???
2007-09-24 22:31:17 · answer #6 · answered by xXxEpic VictoryxXx 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Act 15:29
That Abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols,
And from blood,
And from what is strangled,
And from fornication.
2007-09-24 20:20:29 · answer #7 · answered by Mosa A 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic
2007-09-24 18:25:59 · answer #8 · answered by Agellius CM 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
community
humility
ability to listen
devotion
2007-09-24 18:25:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋