2015년[제2권 제2호] 초대교회의 경제공동체에 관한 연구

본 연구는 사도행전에 나타난 초대교회 경제공동체의 역사적 과정과 배경 가운데서 하나님의 계시가 어떻게 드러났으며 교회가 어떻게 알아보고자 한다. 사도행전 2장과 4장에 나타난 초대교회 공동체의 성격을 알아보고, 부활사건으로 인한 사도들의 경험이 유무상통한 공동체의 형성에 어떻게 작용했는지에 초점을 맞추고자 한다.
첫째, 사도행전 2:42-45와 4:32-35절에 나타난 초대교회 공동체에서 성도들이 제 재물을 제 것이라 하는 이가 하나도 없었던 유무상통공동체의 배경을 알아본다. 둘째 초대교회 공동체의 유무상통 또는 공동소유의 모습이 과연 역사적 실재적인가에 대한 것을 논의한다. 셋째,예수의 부활이 초대교회 공동체의 신앙고백과 함께 유무상통 공동체를 형성하는 동인이었음을 알아본다.

This paper offers a review of how the church responded to God s revelation in the historical process and background of the early Jerusalem church community. In the early church, none of the Christians felt that what they had was their own, and so they were able to give and share in order to eliminate poverty among them. The church was formed on the Day of Pentecost after the gospel was preached and thousands of souls were saved. Soon after Pentecost, there were needs in the newly formed church that resulted in a willingness to share physical possessions with one another. The author of the Book of Acts was Luke, who also wrote the gospel that carries his name. He tells us that this spirit of giving among believers resulted from the fact that the Jerusalem church was of one heart and of one soul . With the Great Commission now being carried out in Jerusalem and unity being experienced by the saints of God, we can understand why God s great grace was upon them .
In the history of God, the church should teach the existence of resurrection and his almightiness. Communion of current churches should pursue the model of true image of the church that was suggested through descent Holy Spirit as a typical model of church community.