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Acts 2:45 (WEB)
They sold their possessions and goods, and distributed them to all, according as anyone had need.

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§2178Article 3 · The Third CommandmentRead at vatican.va
“This practice of the Christian assembly dates from the beginnings of the apostolic age.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Acts 2:42-46; 1 Cor 11:17.

Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies IV.18Book IV
“…portions of their property, since they have the hope of better things [hereafter]; as that poor widow acted who cast all her living into the treasury of God.” — editor's note: Luke xxi. 4. [The law of tithes abrogated; the law of Acts ii. 44, 45, morally binding. This seems to be our author’s view.]
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Eusebius of Caesarea, Church History II.17Book II
““For as many as were possessors of lands or houses,” as the account says, “sold them and brought the prices of the things that were sold, and laid them at the apostles’ feet, so that distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.”” — editor's note: Acts ii. 45.
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John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XVIII.5Conference XVIII
“And again: “For neither was there any among them that lacked; for as many as possessed fields or houses, sold them and brought the price of the things that they sold and laid them before the feet of the Apostles: and distribution was made to every man as he had need.”” — editor's note: Acts iv. 32; ii. 45; iv. 34, 35.
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Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 78
“For they then laid aside like as it were fleeces the burdens of the world, when before the feet of the Apostles they laid the prices of their sold goods, going up from that Laver, concerning which the apostle Peter doth admonish them,…” — editor's note: Acts ii. 45.
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Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 133
“And distribution was made to each one as he had need, and none called anything his own, but they had all things common.” — editor's note: Acts ii. 45.
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Augustine of Hippo, Of the Work of Monks Chapter 25
“For it is also written, that they sold their houses and lands, and laid the prices of them at the Apostles’ feet, that distribution might be made to every one as he had need.” — editor's note: Acts ii. 45; iv. 34
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Augustine of Hippo, The City of God V.18Book V
“…they may distribute to each one according to his need, and that no one may say that anything is his own, but that all things may be their common possession,—ought they not to understand that they should not vaunt themselves, because they do that to obtain the society of angels, when those men did well-nigh the same…” — editor's note: Acts ii. 45.
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Basil the Great, Letters Letter 150
“…apostles, because they sold their property and brought and laid it at the feet of the apostles, and by them it was distributed to each as every man had need.” — editor's note: It will be observed that St. Basil’s quotation here does not quite bear out his point. There is no “by them” in Acts iv. 35. “Distribution was made unto every…
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