Early Christians and the Care for the Weak

The Kingdom Perspective · Oct 15, 2026 · 1m

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Early Christians were known for their care of the weak and frail. This contrasted deeply with the callous culture in which they lived.

For example, the Law of the Twelve Tables, the earliest codification of Roman Law (c. 450-451 BC) required fathers to kill any deformed child. Though this Law was no longer in force during the rise of the church, its basic ethos continued to influence Roman culture. As a matter of fact, one historian notes that in one Roman village, “archaeologists found one hundred…