Wealth and poverty in the patristic teaching of the 3rd-6th cent and its relevance for Eastern Orthodox Church instruction on social justice

James Thornton

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Wealth and poverty in the patristic teaching of the 3rd-6th cent and its relevance for Eastern Orthodox Church instruction on social justice

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James Thornton. Wealth and Poverty In the Patristic Teaching of the 3rd-6th Cent and Its Relevance for Eastern Orthodox Church Instruction On Social Justice. San Francisco Theological Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/3e32291a-d523-4d1f-86f0-dcdcce1f07bb.

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J. Thornton. Wealth and poverty in the patristic teaching of the 3rd-6th cent and its relevance for Eastern Orthodox Church instruction on social justice. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/3e32291a-d523-4d1f-86f0-dcdcce1f07bb

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James Thornton. Wealth and Poverty In the Patristic Teaching of the 3rd-6th Cent and Its Relevance for Eastern Orthodox Church Instruction On Social Justice. San Francisco Theological Seminary. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/3e32291a-d523-4d1f-86f0-dcdcce1f07bb.

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In the early centuries of the Christian era, the Eastern church fathers delineated a Christian approach with respect to such matters as social justice, pervasive social inequities, and questions of wealth and poverty in the society of that time. This approach is reflected in the patristic literature: in sermons, discourses, commentaries, and in theological works. It is further reflected in certain aspects of social policy in the Byzantine Empire and in attempts, by the Byzantines, to mitigate social injustices by works of 'philanthropia.' Unfortunately, a biased historiography has ignored this teaching and its history, though they retain their validity and form a foundation for the Eastern Christian understanding of social justice. This investigation seeks to uncover what has been hidden with regard to patristic teachings on wealth and poverty, and to apply this patristic material, along with the historical, economical, social, political, and theological background of Christian Byzantine life, to instruction in the Eastern church community.

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