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6. Remember what happened to Ananias and Sepphira in Acts Chapter 5.

They sold some land and gave some of the proceeds to the Apostles. Peter then demanded to know if they'd handed over all the money from the sale. Of course they should have told him to mind his own business, but instead they lied to him, and they were killed for it. After that, the story says, "Great fear seized the whole church and all who heard about these events."

So we see that the Church started using violence and fear to control the congregation very early on, and that violence and fear was directly related to their contributions. The only way for members to be safe from violence or shame was to just hand over everything.