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Native and Celtic Spirituality: Institutionalizing Radicalism

Lacking the structure and support of the organized church, radical forms of Christianity never thrive for very long, starting with Pentecost itself and the first “sharing of all things in common” (Acts 2:44-45), the desert fathers and mothers, and the early Celtic monastics. Unless such groups become strongly institutionalized, and even juridical about it, they tend to be short-lived or very small.