02227nam 22005414a 450 991095427500332120251116153340.097801915157810191515787(MiAaPQ)EBC7033980(CKB)24235097500041(MiAaPQ)EBC3052121(Au-PeEL)EBL3052121(CaPaEBR)ebr10160625(CaONFJC)MIL75794(OCoLC)922952819(Au-PeEL)EBL7033980(OCoLC)77186040(EXLCZ)992423509750004120051018d2006 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAlmsgiving in the later Roman Empire Christian promotion and practice (313-450) /Richard Finn1st ed.Oxford ;New York Oxford University Press2006ix, 302 pOxford Classical MonographsIncludes 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 is a book about the importance of gifts to the poor for Christians in the later Roman empire. It is about what was given, how it was given, who was helped, and how preachers sought to shape these practices. Above all, the book asks what it meant to give to the poor, the virtues it displayed, the role it played in articulating or challenging the standing of bishops, monks, and ordinary lay men and women.Oxford Classical MonographsChristian givingHistoryChurch history4th centuryChurch history5th centuryChristian givingHistory.Church historyChurch history248.4/6Finn R. D(Richard Damian),1963-1860265MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910954275003321Almsgiving in the later Roman Empire4464965UNINA