Does the New Testament Support Communism? by JP Nunez

By JP Nunez, Catholic Exchange, Oct. 4, 20211

JP Nunez has been a theology nerd since high school. He has master’s degrees in both theology and philosophy (with a concentration in bioethics) from Franciscan University of Steubenville …

People use the Bible to support just about anything you can think of. Activists of all stripes find their own pet causes and beliefs in it, and that even includes communists. No, that is not a typo. Some people really do argue that the Bible teaches communism. Granted, they don’t think it teaches every detail of it, but they claim that the core ideas are there. And to demonstrate this, they often appeal to some texts from Acts about the life of the nascent Church:

“And all who believed were together and had all things in common; and they sold their possessions and goods and distributed them to all, as any had need.” (Acts 2:44-45) …

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