The older Fathers interpret our Lord’s saying [in Luke 6:30] “Give to every one that asketh of thee,” to mean quite simply that every suppliant was to receive without distinction. “Give simply to all, without asking doubtfully to whom thou givest, but give to all.”
Shepherd of Hermas (c. 140–155) Mandates 2 as recounted by Gerhard Uhlhorn in Christian Charity in the Ancient Church (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1883) 121.