The early Christians, as described in Acts, got enthusiastic and sold all their property and gave all their goods to the Apostles in an attempt at 'Christian Communism'.

First result was that it laid on the Apostles work beyond their 'job description'. They couldn't handle the distribution of goods and so turned to the 'laity' to nominate 'deacons'.
A second result was that when famine hit, Paul's communities had to take up a collection for their support.

The 'solutions' meant well – but they did not  recognize the underlying problem :  that people were selling all they had and expecting the apostles (Bishops) to manage everything.

Our problem today is similar. We have created a system of 'clerics' as episcopal delegates and turned all authority over to them.

In the early church the 'laity' had all the chrisms needed to 'build up the body of Christ'. We need to acknowledge that the Bishops CAN delegate their functions to laity. 

Our 'system' is our problem.