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Do not fill this in! ==== Christian communism ==== {{main|Christian communism}} Christian communism is a theological and political theory based upon the view that the teachings of [[Jesus in Christianity|Jesus Christ]] compel [[Christians]] to support [[religious communism]] as the ideal [[social system]].{{sfn|Lansford|2007|pp=24–25}} Although there is no universal agreement on the exact dates when communistic ideas and practices in Christianity began, many Christian communists state that evidence from the [[Bible]] suggests that the first Christians, including the [[Apostles in the New Testament]], established their own small communist society in the years following Jesus' death and resurrection.<ref>{{cite web |last=Montero |first=Roman |date=30 July 2019 |title=The Sources of Early Christian Communism |url=https://churchlifejournal.nd.edu/articles/the-sources-of-early-christian-communism/ |access-date=26 March 2021 |website=Church Life Journal}}</ref> Many advocates of Christian communism state that it was taught by Jesus and practiced by the apostles themselves,<ref>{{cite book |last=Kautsky |first=Karl |author-link=Karl Kautsky |title=Foundations of Christianity |url=http://www.marxists.org/archive/kautsky/1908/christ/index.htm |date=1953 |orig-date=1908 |publisher=[[Atheneum Books|Russell & Russell]] |chapter=IV.II. The Christian Idea of the Messiah. Jesus as a Rebel. |chapter-url=http://www.marxists.org/archive/kautsky/1908/christ/ch10.htm#s3 |quotation=Christianity was the expression of [[class conflict]] in Antiquity. |via=[[Marxists Internet Archive]]}}</ref> an argument that historians and others, including anthropologist Roman A. Montero,<ref>{{cite book |last=Montero |first=Roman A. |title=All Things in Common The Economic Practices of the Early Christians |date=2017 |publisher=[[Wipf and Stock Publishers]] |isbn=9781532607912 |location=Eugene |page=5|oclc=994706026}}</ref> scholars like [[Ernest Renan]],<ref>{{cite book |first=Ernest |last=Renan |page=122 |title=Origins of Christianity |publisher=Carleton |location=New York |year=1869 |chapter=VIII. First Persecution. Death of Stephen. Destruction of the First Church of Jerusalem |volume=II. The Apostles |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=knYRAAAAYAAJ&q=christian+communism&pg=PA152 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=Roland |last=Boer |page=120 |title=Political Grace. The Revolutionary Theology of John Calvin |chapter=Conclusion: What If? Calvin and the Spirit of Revolution. Bible |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-664-23393-8 |location=Louisville, Kentucky |publisher=[[Westminster John Knox Press]] |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HIeLYNEq6zsC&q=christian+communism&pg=PA120 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> and theologians like [[Charles Ellicott]] and [[Donald Guthrie (theologian)|Donald Guthrie]],<ref>{{cite book |first1=Charles John |last1=Ellicott |author1-link=Charles Ellicott |first2=Edward Hayes |last2=Plumptre |author2-link=Edward Plumptre |chapter=III. The Church in Jerusalem. I. Christian Communism |title=The Acts of the Apostles |year=1910 |location=London |publisher=[[Cassell (publisher)|Cassell]] |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Htk8AAAAIAAJ&q=christian+communism&pg=PA11 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=Donald |last=Guthrie |author-link=Donald Guthrie (theologian) |orig-date=1975 |year=1992 |publisher=[[Zondervan]] |isbn=978-0-310-25421-8 |title=The Apostles |page=[https://archive.org/details/apostles0010guth/page/46 46] |location=Grand Rapids, Michigan |chapter=3. Early Problems. 15. Early Christian Communism |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uts4VTUm1iEC&q=christian+communism&pg=PA46 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> generally agree with.{{sfn|Lansford|2007|pp=24–25}}<ref>{{cite book |first=Frank K. |last=Flinn |title=Encyclopedia of Catholicism |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gxEONS0FFlsC&pg=PA173 |year=2007 |publisher=[[Infobase Publishing]] |isbn=978-0-8160-7565-2 |pages=173–174}}</ref> Christian communism enjoys some support in Russia. Russian musician [[Yegor Letov]] was an outspoken Christian communist, and in a 1995 interview he was quoted as saying: "Communism is the [[Kingdom of God]] on Earth."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Agranovsky |first=Dmitry |date=12 July 1995 |url=http://grob-hroniki.org/article/1995/art_1995-12-07a.html |title=Yegor Letov: Russkiy Proryv |script-title=ru:Егор Летов: Русский Прорыв |trans-title=Egor Letov: Russian Breakthrough |magazine=Sovetskaya Rossiya |language=ru |issue=145 |access-date=15 August 2021}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page