PRIVATE PROPERTY IN CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE
Private property is a fundamental economic institution of mankind. The article analyzes views of the Old and New Testaments on the institution of private property, its origin and significance in the economic life of the people; and similarities and differences between Catholic social teaching and the modern Orthodox view on the property. In official doctrines of the major Christian denominations private property is recognized as the most important economic institution in the postlapsarian era, which, however, does not correspond with the Christian ideal.