Editing Salvian (section)

===''Ad ecclesiam''===
''Ad ecclesiam'' is explained by its common title, ''Contra avaritiam'' (''Against Avarice''). It strongly commends meritorious almsgiving to the church. It is quoted more than once in the ''De gubernatione''. Salvian published it under the name of Timothy, and explained his motives for so doing in a letter to his old pupil, Bishop [[Salonius]] (''Ep.'' ix.).<ref name=EB1911/>

This work is chiefly remarkable because in some places it seems to recommend parents not to bequeath anything to their children, on the plea that it is better for the children to suffer want in this world than that their parents should be damned in the next (iii. 4). Salvian is very clear on the duty of absolute self-denial in the case of sacred virgins, priests and monks (ii. 8–10).<ref name=EB1911/>