Alms: Charity, Reward, And Atonement In Early Christianity

6 Love Covers a Multitude of Sins: Atoning Almsgiving in 1 Peter 4:8 and Its Early Christian Reception -- 7. Merciful Practice Is Good as Repentance for Sin: Resurrection, Atonement, and Care for the Poor in Second-Century Christianity -- 8. By Alms and Faith Sins Are Purged Away: Almsgiving and Atonement in Early Christian Scriptural Exegesis -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

• | Author: David J. Downs
• | Publisher: Baylor University Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 31, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 350 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1602589976
• | ISBN-13: 9781602589971