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The word "'''charity'''" entered the [[English]] [[language]] through the Old French word "charité" which was derived from the [[Latin]] "caritas".[1]

The word "'''charity'''" entered the [[English]] [[language]] through the Old French word "charité" which was derived from the [[Latin]] "caritas".[1]

[[Originally]] in Latin the word caritas meant preciousness, dearness, high price. From this, in Christian theology, caritas became the [[standard]] Latin [[translation]] for the Greek word agapē, meaning an unlimited loving-[[kindness]] to all others, such as the [[love]] of [[God]]. This much wider concept is the [[meaning]] of the word charity in the Christian triplet "faith, hope and charity", as used by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_James_Version King James Version] of the [[Bible]] in its translation of [[Paul, the Apostle|St Paul's]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians Letter to the Corinthians]. However the English [[word]] more generally used for this [[concept]], both before and since (and by the "King James" Bible at other passages), is the more direct [[love]]. (See the article Charity ([[virtue]]))

[[Originally]] in Latin the word caritas meant preciousness, dearness, high price. From this, in Christian theology, caritas became the [[standard]] Latin [[translation]] for the Greek word agapē, meaning an unlimited loving-[[kindness]] to all others, such as the [[love]] of [[God]]. This much wider concept is the [[meaning]] of the word charity in the Christian triplet "faith, hope and charity", as used by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_James_Version King James Version] of the [[Bible]] in its translation of [[Paul, the Apostle|St Paul's]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians Letter to the Corinthians]. However the English [[word]] more generally used for this [[concept]], both before and since (and by the "King James" Bible at other passages), is the more direct [[love]]. (See the article Charity ([[virtue]]))

<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''Charity''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Charity '''''this link'''''].</center>

<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''Charity''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Charity '''''this link'''''].</center>

St Paul's agapē was not primarily about good [[work]]s and giving to the poor (And though I feed the poor with all my goods, and though I give my body, that I be burned, and have not love [agapē], it profiteth me nothing - [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_XIII 1 Cor 13:3], Geneva translation, 1560), although in English the word "charity" has steadily acquired this as its primary meaning, wherein it was first used in Old French at least since the year 1200 A.D..

St Paul's agapē was not primarily about good [[work]]s and giving to the poor (And though I feed the poor with all my goods, and though I give my body, that I be burned, and have not love [agapē], it profiteth me nothing - [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_XIII 1 Cor 13:3], Geneva translation, 1560), although in English the word "charity" has steadily acquired this as its primary meaning, wherein it was first used in Old French at least since the year 1200 A.D..

==Practice==

==Practice==

Charitable giving is the [[act]] of giving [[money]], [[Things|goods]] or [[time]] to the unfortunate, either directly or by means of a charitable [[trust]] or other worthy [[cause]]. Charitable giving as a religious act or [[duty]] is referred to as almsgiving or alms. The name stems from the most obvious expression of the [[virtue]] of charity is giving the objects of it the means they need to survive.

Charitable giving is the [[act]] of giving [[money]], [[Things|goods]] or [[time]] to the unfortunate, either directly or by means of a charitable [[trust]] or other worthy [[cause]]. Charitable giving as a religious act or [[duty]] is referred to as almsgiving or alms. The name stems from the most obvious expression of the [[virtue]] of charity is giving the objects of it the means they need to survive.