Almsgiving in the Later Roman Empire: Christian Promotion and Practice 313–450. By Richard Finn, OP
Richard Finn begins his work on almsgiving in the Roman Empire with some interesting questions. In the first place he wonders whether almsgiving as it emerged in Late Antiquity was a uniquely Christian concept, or whether pagan antecedents to the practice can be found. In the second place he propose...
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Oxford University Press
2007
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2007, Volume: 58, Issue: 2, Pages: 710-712 |
Review of: | Almsgiving in the Later Roman Empire (Oxford[u.a.] : Oxford University Press, 2006) (Hartney, Aideen)
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