Rich and Poor in the New Testament (1902 Cone), book
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Rich and Poor in the New Testament: A Study of the Primitive-Christian Doctrine of Earthly Possessions (1902) is a book by Orello Cone.
Abstract
Jesus did not propound a specific program or preached a vision of social change. He was not an early anarchist or socialist revolutionary. He rather taught an attitude of compassion to alleviate social inequalities.
Editions and translations
Published in New York, NY: Macmillan; and London [England]: Black, 1902.
Table of contents
- I. Conditions and Teachings among the Jews Before Christ
- II. Matthew and Luke
- III. The Point of View in the Gospels
- IV. The Teaching in Matthew
- V. The Teaching in Luke
- VI. "All Things Common"
- VII. The Apostle Paul
- VIII. The Later Epistles and Other New Testament Writings
- IX. The Transient and the Permanent
- X. The New Testament and the Social Question of To-day