Abstract:
A home is not only a family shelter, but also the "space for socialization and sociability; for
religiosity; for health care; for food reproduction". It is in the home environment "that the
first human feelings such as intimacy, cooperation, habitus reproduction and family habits are
developed, built and socialized". In the New Testament, the home represents a feeling that
goes beyond a house or family reference, being filled up with historical and socio-economic
associations, in partial continuity with the Old Testament. This paper tries to understand the
function of the home and its importance for the structuring of the Christian mission as a space
of welcoming, communion, liberation and inclusion, an important space for new
communitarian and evangelical relationships having a transforming potential, where the
family and the community can get together. The approach is made mainly taking into
consideration Jesus' practices and those of primitive communities, according to the Act of the
Apostles.
