JESUS ’ followers were deeply interested in fellow worshipers. Tertullian (writer of the second and third centuries C.E.) told of the kindness that they showed toward orphans, the poor, and the elderly.
दुसऱ्‍या व तिसऱ्‍या शतकाचा लेखक टर्टुलियन याच्या लिखाणात ख्रिस्ती लोक अनाथांना, गोरगरिबांना आणि वृद्धांना कशाप्रकारे दयाळूपणे मदत करायचे याविषयी वाचायला मिळते.