What do you understand by "Tithe" and "Peter's Pence"?
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What do you understand by "Tithe" and "Peter's Pence"?
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Explanation:A tithe is really an Old Testament term. It was the gifts that the Israelites were required to, really the tax that they were required to pay. Nowadays we generally use it as just a way of saying give 10% of your income to the church. There's nothing in the New Testament, in the sort of new covenant understanding of what it means to be God's people, that encourages us to think that we're required to give 10% of our income to the church.
Peter’s Pence is the name given to the financial support offered by the faithful to the Holy Father as a sign of their sharing in the concern of the Successor of Peter for the many different needs of the Universal Church and for the relief of those most in need.