His righteousness, that is, his almsgiving, endureth for ever.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)] Reference

And for one in afflictions to give thanks looseth his sins; and almsgiving, which is greater than all.    From Wordnik.com.  [NPNF1-12. Saint Chrysostom: Homilies on the Epistles of Paul to the Corinthians] Reference

The Prophet, however, fixed the meaning here to that of "almsgiving," and said, "Give of your substance one-fortieth part.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Faith of Islam] Reference

Of course Catholics have never believed that almsgiving which is not beneficial to the receiver could be spiritually helpful to the giver.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux] Reference

There are two terms in use to express almsgiving.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Faith of Islam] Reference

But these precepts contain no reference to almsgiving.    From Wordnik.com.  [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference

Now almsgiving is a matter of counsel, according to Dan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference

Therefore almsgiving is an act of justice and not of charity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference

Therefore it seems that almsgiving is not a matter of precept.    From Wordnik.com.  [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference

When converted, he became famous for his liberality in almsgiving.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Record of Buddhistic kingdoms: being an account by the Chinese monk Fa-hsien of travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist books of discipline] Reference

Obj. 4: Further, almsgiving is intended for the supply of a defect.    From Wordnik.com.  [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference

An anecdote of his pleasantry in almsgiving reached the public ear.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844] Reference

Objection 1: It would seem that almsgiving is not an act of charity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference

Objection 1: It would seem that almsgiving is not a matter of precept.    From Wordnik.com.  [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference

She was accounted, and was really, so far as almsgiving was concerned.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus] Reference

Hence it is clear that almsgiving is, properly speaking, an act of mercy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference

Aquinas then proceeds to explain in what circumstances the duty of almsgiving arises.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Essay on Mediaeval Economic Teaching] Reference

For this reason, many monastic houses appoint an almoner, to be responsible for almsgiving.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Pillars of the Earth]

By almsgiving we mean money, goods, or assistance given to the poor or to charitable purposes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Baltimore Catechism No. 3 (of 4)] Reference

The husband's charity shows us that almsgiving does not impoverish; but that, on the contrary.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi] Reference

Therefore it is lawful not to give alms: and consequently almsgiving is not a matter of precept.    From Wordnik.com.  [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference

Personal almsgiving and the most wide-ranging social work are equally justifiable and necessary.    From Wordnik.com.  [Love] Reference

Or he may have been speaking in reference to a case in which almsgiving was not a matter of precept.    From Wordnik.com.  [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference

Government to seize the opportunity to abolish the threepeeny-bit, the irreducible minimum of "respectable" almsgiving.    From Wordnik.com.  [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-25] Reference

The rich, those who give of their superfluities, can never fully appreciate what the pleasures of almsgiving really are.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Young Lady's Mentor A Guide to the Formation of Character. In a Series of Letters to Her Unknown Friends] Reference

At last the royal pair devoted themselves to almsgiving, praying, and fasting, until one night the empress dreamed that the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Roumanian Fairy Tales] Reference

The "charities that soothe and heal and bless" are not the only ones that pass current under the general form of almsgiving.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873] Reference

As the brethren could not suffer the almsgiving of Ciaran, so great was it, and as they were envious of him, they said unto him.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints] Reference