Communal Living in the early Church

Christian Religious Studies SSS 3 First Term

Week 7

Topic: Communal Living in the early Church

Performance objectives

The student should be able to:

1. Explain the election of the successor of Judas Iscariot

2. Characteristics of the early Christian community

3. Problem of the early Christian community

Content

The Election of the successor of Judas Iscariot (Acts 1:15-26)

In obedience to Jesus’ injunction to his disciples to stay together in Jerusalem, they all returned to Jerusalem where they went into a house, staying together as a community. One of their earliest actions was the replacement of Judas Iscariot, who had long committed suicide following the betrayal of Jesus. To this end, Barnabas and Mathias were selected, but after several…