Christian law

thumb|The Tithe Pig, group in Derby Porcelain, c. 1770 thumb|Porcelain figure of a priest collecting the tithe ([[Austria)]] A tithe (; from Old English: teogoþa "tenth") is a one-tenth part of something, paid as a contribution to a religious organization or compulsory tax to government. Modern tithes are normally voluntary and paid in cash, cheques or via online giving, whereas historically tithes were required and paid in kind, such as agricultural produce. Church tax linked to the tax system are used in many countries to support their national church. Donations to the church beyond what is

ordinances and regulations made by Church leadership for the government of a Christian organization or church and its members

thumb|Didache manuscript The Didache (; ), also known as '''''The Lord's Teaching Through the Twelve Apostles to the Nations''''' (), is a brief anonymous early Christian treatise (ancient church order) written in Koine Greek, dated by modern scholars to the first or (less commonly) second century AD.

early Christian church order from the 3rd century

4th-century Syrian Ancient church order

Christian theology

medieval contract

collection of early Christian writings

1886–1900 English translations of early Christian works

1850 decree by the Ecumenical Patriarchate

late 5th-century text for law schools