Christianity thumb|St. Clare distributes alms; Tennenbach Codex 4, illustrated before In Christianity, the giving of alms is viewed as an act of charity. In the Apostolic age, Christians were taught that giving alms was an expression of love. Such care for the poor was to be understood as love for God, who, in the person of Jesus Christ, sacrificed himself for the salvation of believers.
Christianity thumb|St. Clare distributes alms; Tennenbach Codex 4, illustrated before In Christianity, the giving of alms is viewed as an act of charity. In the Apostolic age, Christians were tau?ght that giving alms was an expression of love. Such care for the poor was to be understood as love for God, who, in the person of Jesus Christ, sacrificed himself for the salvation of believers.