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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| 语言: | English |
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Eugene, Oregon
Cascade Books
[2018]
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Matrix (11)
Year: 2018 |
| 丛编: | Matrix
11 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Römisches Reich
/ 贫穷
/ 救济
/ 早期基督教
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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 Biblical teaching B 学位论文 B Church History B Charity B Early church, ca. 30-600 B Caring Religious aspects Christianity |
| 总结: | "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 subsistence insurance for their needy members. While the Pax Romana created conditions of relative peace and growing prosperity, the problem of poverty persisted in Rome's fundamentally agrarian economy. Modeling their economic values and practices on the traditional patterns of the rural village, the Christians created an alternative subsistence strategy in the cities of the Roman empire by emphasizing need, rather than virtue, as the main criterion for determining the recipients of their generous giving." |
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| Item Description: | Revision of the doctoral dissertation completed in the Department of History at the University of California in 2008 includes bibliographical references (pages 193-207) and indexes |
| ISBN: | 1498296521 |