02401nam 22006374a 450 991045808580332120200520144314.01-280-75794-997866107579470-19-151578-71-4294-2216-5(CKB)1000000000375191(EBL)3052121(OCoLC)922952819(SSID)ssj0000085314(PQKBManifestationID)11119560(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000085314(PQKBWorkID)10011323(PQKB)11353284(StDuBDS)EDZ0000073602(MiAaPQ)EBC3052121(Au-PeEL)EBL3052121(CaPaEBR)ebr10160625(CaONFJC)MIL75794(EXLCZ)99100000000037519120051018d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAlmsgiving in the later Roman Empire[electronic resource] Christian promotion and practice (313450) /Richard FinnOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20061 online resource (313 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-171269-8 0-19-928360-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-294) and index.Episcopal almsgiving -- Almsgiving by monks and lay Christians -- The promotion of Christian almsgiving -- The meanings of Christian almsgiving -- Christian and classical -- Concluding remarks.This work highlights the importance of gifts to the poor for Christians in the later Roman Empire. It asks what it meant to give to the poor, the virtues it displayed and the role it played in articulating or challenging the standing of bishops monks and ordinary lay men and women.Christian givingHistoryChurch history4th centuryChurch history5th centuryElectronic books.Christian givingHistory.Church historyChurch history248.4/6Finn R. D(Richard Damian),1963-982704MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458085803321Almsgiving in the later Roman Empire2242647UNINA