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Almsgiving

Giving to the poor as a school of love, not mere charity

Almsgiving is charitable giving to the poor, understood as both an obligation and a way of expressing and growing in love. Jesus teaches on it in Matthew 6, the Didache commends it among early Christians, and Cyprian devotes a treatise, On Works and Alms, to its spiritual fruit. Across the traditions it is seen not only as relief for the needy but as a discipline that forms the giver in charity.

How it traveled

  1. James
    Jerusalem · 62
    applies
  2. 2 Corinthians
    Philippi · 67
    applies
  3. Romans
    Corinth · 67
    applies
  4. Mark
    Rome · 68
    applies
  5. Matthew
    Antioch · 80
    applies
  6. Luke
    Rome · 84
    applies
  7. Acts
    Rome · 84
    applies
  8. The Instructions of Commodianus.
    — · 220
    explains
  9. Book II. Of Bishops, Presbyters, and Deacons
    — · 220
    explains
  10. The Life of Constantine with Orations of Constantine and Eusebius
    Caesarea · 339
    explains
  11. The Church History of Eusebius
    Caesarea · 339
    applies
  12. Aphrahat: Select Demonstrations
    Mosul · 345
    explains
  13. The Letters
    Caesarea (Cappadocia) · 379
    applies
  14. Select Orations of Saint Gregory Nazianzen
    Nazianzus · 390
    explains
  15. On the Duties of the Clergy
    Milan · 397
    explains
  16. Concerning Widows
    Milan · 397
    explains
  17. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  18. A Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  19. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  20. Homilies on First Corinthians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  21. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  22. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Timothy, Titus, and Philemon
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  23. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Paul's Epistle to the Romans
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  24. Homilies on Second Corinthians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  25. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Epistle to the Hebrews
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  26. The Homilies on the Statues to the People of Antioch
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  27. The Letters of St. Jerome
    Bethlehem · 420
    explains
  28. Expositions on the Book of Psalms
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  29. Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  30. Of the Work of Monks
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  31. Letters of St. Augustin
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  32. The Enchiridion
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  33. The Ecclesiastical History of Sozomen
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 450
    explains
  34. The Ecclesiastical History, Dialogues, and Letters of Theodoret
    Cyrrhus · 458
    applies
  35. The Letters and Sermons of Leo the Great
    Rome · 461
    explains
  36. The Book of Pastoral Rule, and Selected Epistles, of Gregory the Great
    Rome · 604
    explains
  37. Selected Epistles of Gregory the Great
    Rome · 604
    applies
  38. Book Fourth. of the Holy Catholic Church
    Geneva · 1564
    explains
  39. Christian Charity
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
    explains
  40. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections, in Three Parts
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
    explains

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