‘Let Us Teach Ourselves First to Follow the Commandment of the Lord’ (Pol.<i>Phil</i>. 4.1): An Additional Note on ‘the Commandment’ as Almsgiving

Downs, David J.; Rogan, Wil

doi:10.1017/s0028688516000175

New Testam. Stud.

2016

DOI: 10.1017/s0028688516000175

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‘Let Us Teach Ourselves First to Follow the Commandment of the Lord’ (Pol.Phil. 4.1): An Additional Note on ‘the Commandment’ as Almsgiving

David J. Downs¹,

Wil Rogan²

Abstract: In his letter to the Philippians, Polycarp of Smyrna offers a reading of 1 Timothy 6 in which he uses the term ‘the commandment’ as an apparent reference to the practice of almsgiving. Polycarp'sPhilippians, therefore, offers important and heretofore neglected evidence that supports recent contentions that ‘the commandment’ in 1 Tim 6.14 is almsgiving.

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Almsgiving and Competing Soteriologies in Second-Century Christianity

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2018

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While care for the poor was widely advocated and practiced in early Christianity, charity was not universally endorsed. The Gospel of Thomas (Gos. Thom.), for example, is notable for its rejection of almsgiving, along with other practices such as fasting and prayer (Gos. Thom. 6, 14; see also Gos. Thom. 27, 104). Ignatius of Antioch accuses some of his opponents of neglecting almsgiving and Polycarp of Smyrna, Ignatius' friend and fellow bishop, suggests that almsgiving, prayer, and fasting are practices that will help counter false teaching in Philippi. This paper explores the role of almsgiving in competing visions of soteriology in second-century Christianity, including consideration of texts such as 2 Clement (2 Clem), Ignatius' Letter to the Smyrnaeans (Ign. Smyrn.), Polycarp's Letter to the Philippians (Pol. Phil.), and the Gospel of Thomas.

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‘Let Us Teach Ourselves First to Follow the Commandment of the Lord’ (Pol.Phil. 4.1): An Additional Note on ‘the Commandment’ as Almsgiving

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