Naslov
Early Christian attitude towards money

Autori
Mišić, Anto

Izvornik
Disputatio philosophica - International Journal on Philosophy and Religion (1332-1056) 1 (2005), 1; 37-45

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Rano kršćanstvo; novac; politika; religija; materijalna dobra
(Early Christian; money; politic; religion; material goods)

Sažetak
Early Christian views of money (economics) do not materally differ from those of ancient Jews or Greeks and Romans, who had subordinated economics and economic benefits to the principle of common good (bonum commune). The humanist socialism of the Stoics, which considered private ownerschip as a breakdown of the ideal natural order, influenced the Christian views of money and material goods. Based on the Revelation, Christians concluded that the corruption of the original human nature and distorted views of material goods had their source in original sin. The fact that early Christian authors, when writin about material goods, principally speak of deuties and the equiality of men in duties, it could have been a good way to arrive to equality in rights, too. The reason why this has never happened ought to be found in the fact that the rich have failed to seriously lay down for themselves the moral principles recorded in the Gospel, principles that had often been advised by early Christian writers.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filozofija, Teologija

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