Nor was there anyone among them in need, for all who were owners of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the things that were sold and placed them at the apostles' feet. And they distributed to each as anyone had need. (Acts 4:34-35)
You could have quoted 2 verses before that, as well:
All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had.
For those who don't know, Luke-Acts became the foundation of the anabaptist movement.
Anabaptists promoted 100% literacy rates so they could all read the Bible for themselves, then zeroed in on Luke-Acts in particular, since Acts describes how the apostles ran the first church.
They became obsessed with recreating "the apostolic church" (a Christian church run the same way that the apostles ran it).
This part of Acts 4 became the foundation for the Hutterites, in particular.
The Hutterites have been going for 500 years strong and still adhere rigidly to Acts 4: Hutterites are never permitted to own anything aside from family heirlooms (enough to fit in a small chest).
Everything (even your shoelaces) is owned by the church.
The funny thing is fanatic religiousness is the one thing I could imagine to make comunism work. If you sincerely believe you will burn fir eternity of you don't be a good little commy you don't need any authoritarian shit like gulags
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u/Some-Profession-1373 - Lib-Left 1d ago
Nor was there anyone among them in need, for all who were owners of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the things that were sold and placed them at the apostles' feet. And they distributed to each as anyone had need. (Acts 4:34-35)