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Alms and Almsgiving (Gr. eleemosyne, “pity,” “mercy”). Any material favour done to assist the needy, and prompted by charity, is almsgiving. It is evident, then, that almsgiving implies much more than the transmission of some temporal commodity to the indigent. According to the creed of political economy, every material deed wrought by man to benefit … Continue reading “Alms and Almsgiving”

Alms, Almsgiving ALMS, ALMSGIVING.An alms (Act 3:3) is something freely given, in money or in kind, to the needy, from motives of love and pity for the recipient, and of gratitude to the Giver of all. Hence what is given or paid to the poor under the authority and compulsion of law, as the modern … Continue reading “Alms, Almsgiving”

Alms, Almsdeeds connected with eleemon, “merciful,” signifies (a) “mercy, pity, particularly in giving alms,” Mat 6:1-4; Act 10:2; Act 24:17; (b) the benefaction itself, the “alms” (the effect for the cause), Luk 11:41; Luk 12:33; Act 3:2-3, Act 3:10; Act 9:36, “almsdeeds;” Act 10:2, Act 10:4, Act 10:31. Note: In Mat 6:1, the RV, translating … Continue reading “Alms, Almsdeeds”

Alms The duty of kindliness to and provision for the poor is constantly taught in the OT; in the later Jewish literature, and especially in Sirach and Tobit, it is even more emphatically asserted. It is clear that our Lord and the Apostolic Church taught this as a religious obligation with equal force. In the … Continue reading “Alms”

Almost olmost ( ): In Act 26:28 the Greek en olgo does not mean almost, although scholars have for centuries translated the clause Almost thou persuadest me to become a Christian. The revisers saw clearly the errors of their predecessors, so far as the signification of the first two words is concerned; but their explanation … Continue reading “Almost”

Almosnino, Moses Ben-Baruch a Jewish rabbi, was born about 1500. He was the son of a Spanish family which was driven from the peninsula by the decree of 1492 and settled at Salonica. He received an excellent education in almost all branches of science and literature, and was one of the greatest pulpit’ brators of … Continue reading “Almosnino, Moses Ben-Baruch”

Almoshtari the planet Jupiter, was adored as a divinity by the ancient Arabians. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

almonry An official distributor of alms ; a chaplain of a charitable institution. The office or residence of an almoner and, in a wider sense, a place for distributing alms , is called an almonry. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Almonry a room where alms were distributed, generally near to a church, or forming a part … Continue reading “Almonry”

ALMONER A person employed by another, in the distribution on charity. In its primitive sense it denoted an officer in religious houses, to whom belonged the management and distribution of the alms of the house. Fuente: Theological Dictionary almoner An official distributor of alms ; a chaplain of a charitable institution. The office or residence … Continue reading “Almoner”

Almondiblathaim [Al’mon-diblatha’im] Num 33:46-47. One of the latest encampments of the children of Israel. The one after Dibon-gad, which has been identified with Dhiban in the north border of Moab, 31 30′ N, 35 48′ E. Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary