Early Christian care for the poor: an alternative subsistence strategy under Roman imperial rule
"Beginning with Jesus's ministry in the villages of Galilee and continuing over the course of the first three centuries as the movement expanded geographically and numerically throughout the Roman world, the Christians organized their house churches, at least in part, to provide subsistenc...
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| Language: | English |
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Eugene, Oregon
Cascade Books
[2018]
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Matrix (11)
Year: 2018 |
| Series/Journal: | Matrix
11 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Roman Empire
/ Poverty
/ Poor relief
/ Church
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| Further subjects: | B
Church work with the poor
B 30-600 B Scott, James C Criticism and interpretation B Charity Biblical teaching B Religious Aspects B History B Caring B Civilization, Greco-Roman B Rome B Criticism and interpretation B Poverty Religious aspects Christianity History of doctrines Early church, ca. 30-600 B Scott, James C B History of doctrines B Criticism, interpretation, etc B Church work with the poor (Rome) B Poverty B Primitive and early church B Rome (Empire) B Christianity B Thesis B Biblical teaching B Church History B Charity B Early church, ca. 30-600 B Caring Religious aspects Christianity |