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<blockquote data-quote="shihab-alain" data-source="post: 48015961" data-attributes="member: 226544"><p>I just finished a book called <em>Pagan Christianity </em>by Frank Barnum. It was pretty enlightening and thought provoking. Has anyone else in here read it? I would love to discuss it.</p><p></p><p>One of the interesting things it talked about was the history of tithing in the church. he contends that early Christians, though quite generous, were not required(or compelled, or guilted into) to tithe. It wasn't necessary. It didn't come to be the norm until centuries after Jesus' death. It began as a kind of tax: the Roman Catholic church owned a lot of the land in Europe. Anyone who rented that land paid ten percent of their income as rent. Eventually it developed where everyone was required to pay tithe or be ex-communicated.</p><p></p><p>Any thoughts?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shihab-alain, post: 48015961, member: 226544"] I just finished a book called [I]Pagan Christianity [/I]by Frank Barnum. It was pretty enlightening and thought provoking. Has anyone else in here read it? I would love to discuss it. One of the interesting things it talked about was the history of tithing in the church. he contends that early Christians, though quite generous, were not required(or compelled, or guilted into) to tithe. It wasn't necessary. It didn't come to be the norm until centuries after Jesus' death. It began as a kind of tax: the Roman Catholic church owned a lot of the land in Europe. Anyone who rented that land paid ten percent of their income as rent. Eventually it developed where everyone was required to pay tithe or be ex-communicated. Any thoughts? [/QUOTE]
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