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[[File:christiansearly.jpg|300px|thumb|right|[[Early Christians]]  had a "[[daily ministration]]" of "[[love]]" to provide for all the [[social welfare]] of the entire Christian community through [[fervent charity]]. They rejected the [[Public religion|public welfare]] of [[Rome]] and many [[city-state]]s which because of their [[covetous practices]] their [[dainties]] and [[benefits]] presented a   [[Christian conflict]]. <Br>The [[early Church]] was [[network]]ed through small [[tens|ten family]] congregations across the whole Roman Empire bound by  [[love]] and [[charity]] alone taught by [[Jesus]] the [[Christ]]. [[The Way]] of Christ created true [[fellowship]] of love all over the [[world]]. This is because the [[early Church]] did what Christ [[commanded]].]]

== Early Christians ==

When [[Early Christians]]  [[love]]d one another and loved their neighbor as themselves the evidence of that love was seen in a [[daily ministration]] of [[charity]] that actually took [[care]] of all the social [[welfare]] for the Christians community.

The same word we see in the Greek text for love is also translated charity many times in the [[Bible]]. 

Christian would not apply for the [[free bread]] offered by the [[benefactors]] of the Roman [[welfare]] state because the [[legal charity]] they offered was not provided by [[love]] but by the [[force]] of "men who [[exercise authority]] one over the other".

To apply for those [[benefits|gifts, gratuities, and benefits]] with an 
[[appetite]] of [[wantonness]] was and is the "[[covetous practices]]" makes the people "[[merchandise]]", "[[curse children]]", and even "[[Corban|makes the word of God to none effect]]".

Despite the [[warnings]] of the [[Apostles]] and Paul who stated the desire for those "[[dainties]]" of rulers provided at the expences of others was [[idolatry]]<Ref name="Isidolatry">{{Isidolatry}}</Ref> [[Modern Christians]] still seek that [[legal charity]] of the [[welfare State]].

=== Even pagans knew ===

Even pagans like [[Polybius]] and [[Plutarch]] knew such systems and [[social safety net]]s through the state [[degenerate]] the [[masses]]<Ref name="masses">{{massesnf}}</Ref> and destroy [[liberty]].<Ref name="desliberty">{{desliberty}}</Ref>

That [[Public religion|public welfare]] of [[Rome]] was at the core of the the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire and was the basis of the  [[Christian conflict]] with [[Rome]]. 

Christians were 
[[network]]ed through small congregations across the whole Roman Empire in such an effective way they were able to provide aid and assistance for the Christian communities scattered all over the [[world]] and beyond. 

This is because the [[early Church]] did what Christ [[commanded]] which allowed for that "[[daily ministration]]" through [[fervent charity]] found in the practice of [[pure Religion]].

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