Download or read book Almsgiving in the Later Roman Empire written by Richard Damian Finn and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2006-02-23 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work highlights the importance of gifts to the poor for Christians in the later Roman Empire. It asks what it meant to give to the poor, the virtues it displayed and the role it played in articulating or challenging the standing of bishops, monks and ordinary lay men and women.