Dzieło charytatywne Kościoła w Galii w IV-VII wieku w świetle prawodawstwa synodalnego. Zarys problematyki

One of the activities that was undertaken by the Church from its beginning is charity works. This article focuses on answering the question: how and to what extent this problem of charity is present in the Synod’s legislations of the Gaul Church from the 4th to the 7th century. Through the analysis of the Synod’s texts will be shown the Church’s concern in appriopriate stevardship of the ecclesiasti­cal estates, the main groups of persons who need help and the primary rules of doing charity works.