The Rich Christian in the Church of the Early Empire

Contradictions and Accommodations

• Author(s): Louis William Countryman,
• Publisher: E. Mellen Press
• Pages: 239
• ISBN_10: 0889469709
  ISBN_13: 9780889469709
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Religion / Christian Church / History ,

Description:... Discusses early Christian attitudes towards wealth, including the writings of Clement of Alexandria and Cyprian of Carthage on the subject, and such topics as redemptive almsgiving, stewardship of time and treasures, and the danger of riches for both possessor and church.