Author: Becky Walker
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004687858
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
This book seeks to add to common representations in the scholarship on almsgiving in late antiquity concerning the remission of post-baptismal sin, efforts to reform society, and competition between monks and bishops. It demonstrates that John Chrysostom conceptualized almsgiving as not only expiating the sins of the rich, relieving the suffering of the poor, or securing power for its promoters, but also expiating the sins of the poor, unifying the members of his congregation, and making humans like God. Although it could indeed save one from eternal death and physical hunger, it was salvific and transformative on other levels as well.
Almsgiving as the Essential Virtue
Author: Becky Walker
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004687858
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
This book seeks to add to common representations in the scholarship on almsgiving in late antiquity concerning the remission of post-baptismal sin, efforts to reform society, and competition between monks and bishops. It demonstrates that John Chrysostom conceptualized almsgiving as not only expiating the sins of the rich, relieving the suffering of the poor, or securing power for its promoters, but also expiating the sins of the poor, unifying the members of his congregation, and making humans like God. Although it could indeed save one from eternal death and physical hunger, it was salvific and transformative on other levels as well.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004687858
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
This book seeks to add to common representations in the scholarship on almsgiving in late antiquity concerning the remission of post-baptismal sin, efforts to reform society, and competition between monks and bishops. It demonstrates that John Chrysostom conceptualized almsgiving as not only expiating the sins of the rich, relieving the suffering of the poor, or securing power for its promoters, but also expiating the sins of the poor, unifying the members of his congregation, and making humans like God. Although it could indeed save one from eternal death and physical hunger, it was salvific and transformative on other levels as well.
Alms
Author: David J. Downs
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781602589971
Category : Atonement
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
6 Love Covers a Multitude of Sins: Atoning Almsgiving in 1 Peter 4:8 and Its Early Christian Reception -- 7. Merciful Practice Is Good as Repentance for Sin: Resurrection, Atonement, and Care for the Poor in Second-Century Christianity -- 8. By Alms and Faith Sins Are Purged Away: Almsgiving and Atonement in Early Christian Scriptural Exegesis -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781602589971
Category : Atonement
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
6 Love Covers a Multitude of Sins: Atoning Almsgiving in 1 Peter 4:8 and Its Early Christian Reception -- 7. Merciful Practice Is Good as Repentance for Sin: Resurrection, Atonement, and Care for the Poor in Second-Century Christianity -- 8. By Alms and Faith Sins Are Purged Away: Almsgiving and Atonement in Early Christian Scriptural Exegesis -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
Redemptive Almsgiving in Early Christianity
Author: Roman Garrison
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1474230644
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
In the light of the New Testament's conviction that Jesus Christ died for sins, and that the Cross is a 'once for all' act that makes the Temple cult unnecessary, this challenging work probes the reasons for the emerging doctrine of redemptive almsgiving in early Christianity. Do the New Testament writers themselves (even Jesus!) implicitly endorse the view that a 'supplementary' or alternative means of atonement is necessary? What is the background of this theme in Graeco-Roman sources and in the Hebrew Bible? What are the principal texts in early Christian literature that advocate almsgiving as a 'ransom' for sin? These questions firmly govern this investigation of the social and theological forces that gave legitimacy to a doctrine that at first appears to contradict the primary New Testament soteriology, namely that the death of Jesus Christ is the exclusive means of redemption from sin.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1474230644
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
In the light of the New Testament's conviction that Jesus Christ died for sins, and that the Cross is a 'once for all' act that makes the Temple cult unnecessary, this challenging work probes the reasons for the emerging doctrine of redemptive almsgiving in early Christianity. Do the New Testament writers themselves (even Jesus!) implicitly endorse the view that a 'supplementary' or alternative means of atonement is necessary? What is the background of this theme in Graeco-Roman sources and in the Hebrew Bible? What are the principal texts in early Christian literature that advocate almsgiving as a 'ransom' for sin? These questions firmly govern this investigation of the social and theological forces that gave legitimacy to a doctrine that at first appears to contradict the primary New Testament soteriology, namely that the death of Jesus Christ is the exclusive means of redemption from sin.
Stewardship and Almsgiving in Luke's Theology
Author: Kyoung-Jin Kim
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0567596125
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
This book starts with questions concerning Luke's idea of the relationship between wealth and discipleship. Previous attempts have not succeeded in reconciling the ideas of wealth and poverty with the theme of discipleship in Luke's theology. This failure motivates Kim to investigate a new paradigm, namely stewardship. Reviewing the wide range of material regarding wealth and poverty in Luke-Acts, he concludes that for Luke a proper way for Christians as stewards to use their wealth is almsgiving in the interests of the poor and needy inside and outside the community.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0567596125
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
This book starts with questions concerning Luke's idea of the relationship between wealth and discipleship. Previous attempts have not succeeded in reconciling the ideas of wealth and poverty with the theme of discipleship in Luke's theology. This failure motivates Kim to investigate a new paradigm, namely stewardship. Reviewing the wide range of material regarding wealth and poverty in Luke-Acts, he concludes that for Luke a proper way for Christians as stewards to use their wealth is almsgiving in the interests of the poor and needy inside and outside the community.
On Repentance and Almsgiving (The Fathers of the Church, Volume 96)
Author: Saint John Chrysostom
Publisher: CUA Press
ISBN: 0813211964
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
No description available
Publisher: CUA Press
ISBN: 0813211964
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
No description available
Almsgiving in the Later Roman Empire
Author: Richard Damian Finn
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199283605
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199283605
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
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.
John Calvin on the Diaconate and Liturgical Almsgiving
Author: Elsie Anne Mckee
Publisher: Librairie Droz
ISBN: 9782600031080
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
L'auteur nous propose dans cet ouvrage une étude de l'enseignement de Calvin sur le diaconat (le diacre, dans les églises protestantes a pour mission de veiller au soin des pauvres et des malades). Elle dégage l'exégèse et l'historique de cet enseignement et montre dans quelle mesure celui-ci était suivi, en examinant la collecte dans les différentes églises protestantes de l'époque.
Publisher: Librairie Droz
ISBN: 9782600031080
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
L'auteur nous propose dans cet ouvrage une étude de l'enseignement de Calvin sur le diaconat (le diacre, dans les églises protestantes a pour mission de veiller au soin des pauvres et des malades). Elle dégage l'exégèse et l'historique de cet enseignement et montre dans quelle mesure celui-ci était suivi, en examinant la collecte dans les différentes églises protestantes de l'époque.
The Rights of the Poor and Christian Almsgiving Vindicated
Author: Samuel Richard Bosanquet
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Charities
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Charities
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
The Rights of the Poor, and Christian Almsgiving Vindicated
Author: Samuel Bosanquet
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368883585
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1841.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368883585
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1841.
The Rights of the Poor and Christian Almsgiving Vindicated, Etc
Author: Samuel Richard BOSANQUET
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description