In addition to all the fields and dimensions that were affected by the outbreak, the church was also Affected by a deep rebellion in the financial and economic field. This outbreak happened while the teachings of the Gospels and the commands of Jesus, peace be upon him, had encouraged and urged people to avoid the world and stay away from its luxuries.
A person who evaluates and examines the Bible and the teachings of Jesus, peace be upon him, will find that the religion of Jesus and the teachings of the Bible did not forbid anything else as much as it forbade accumulation of wealth.
This is also proven from the practical life of Jesus and his disciples; in such a way that he and his disciples looked at material capitals and worldly values with contempt and lack of value, while the Jews collected them. This type of avoiding the world and encouraging people to stay away from worldly luxuries was specific to the early days of the church and the teachings of Jesus, peace be upon him, but then came a century that witnessed a strange difference between the church’s perception of the world and the practical reality of this center.
On the one hand, the church was very strict and declared all permissible and halal things as haram and considered the life of the world to be very evil and lead to animal life, but at this moment, the church’s practical course was a scandalous page of trying to be worldly and suck the blood of its followers. ; So that even the worldly Jews and those who seized other people’s property (feudalists) and the Church called them “worldly” were not like the Church in this respect.
This worldliness of the church was while Jesus, peace be upon him, said in his teachings that it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom and heaven of God. He also advised his students not to carry any gold, silver, copper, travel luggage, more than one handful of clothes, shoes and walking sticks.
While the church considered asceticism and simple life mandatory for its followers, its own state was contrary to the spirit and goals of its recommendations, and it was contrary to the necessity of what it itself invited.
“Andre Kerson”, the western writer, writes: “Virtuous actions in Christianity such as poverty, humility, contentment, fasting, piety and forgiveness, all of these were good for ordinary believers and priests, saints for preaching, but bishops and great holy figures had other cases, which included private gatherings and numerous personal interests and servants.
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