Care for the Sick in Early Christianity: Lessons for the Current COVID-19 Stricken Church

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dc.contributor.authorMutie, Jeremiah
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-28T09:23:11Z
dc.date.available2022-03-28T09:23:11Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractDebates on whether early Christians relied solely on exorcism and other miraculous healing under the assumption that all diseases are a result of demonic activity, continue. On the one end of this scholarly continuum are those who hold that early Christians only approached disease and healing as purely spiritual phenomena (hence, focusing on exorcism and other kinds of miraculous healing), while, on the other end, others have argued that early Christians accepted a naturalistic view of the causes for diseases and, consequently, sought naturalistic solutions to diseases. However, like in many other areas of life and thought in early Christianity, there is truth in both of these contentions. Rather than choose sides in this debate, this paper will argue that, just like in other areas, early Christians chose and modified existing approaches to sickness and death based on their understanding of the scriptural teachings on these subjects. As such, their approaches provide some key lessons to the current Covid-19 stricken Church.pl
dc.identifier.citation"Vox Patrum", 2021, T. 78, s. 65-88pl
dc.identifier.doi10.31743/vp.12235
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12153/2878
dc.language.isoenpl
dc.publisherWydawnictwo KULpl
dc.rightsUznanie autorstwa-Użycie niekomercyjne-Bez utworów zależnych 3.0 Polska*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/pl/*
dc.subjectCovid-19pl
dc.subjectchorobapl
dc.subjectHipolitpl
dc.subjectmedycynapl
dc.subjecttroskapl
dc.subjectTertulianpl
dc.subjectCyprianpl
dc.subjectplagapl
dc.subjectepidemiapl
dc.subjectmagiapl
dc.subjectegzorcyzmpl
dc.subjectsicknesspl
dc.subjectHippolytuspl
dc.subjectmedicinepl
dc.subjecttherapeuticspl
dc.subjectcarepl
dc.subjectTertullianpl
dc.subjectPlaguepl
dc.subjectEpidemicpl
dc.subjectpandemicpl
dc.subjectmagicpl
dc.subjecthealingpl
dc.subjectexorcismpl
dc.titleCare for the Sick in Early Christianity: Lessons for the Current COVID-19 Stricken Churchpl
dc.title.alternativeTroska o chorych we wczesnym chrześcijaństwie: lekcja dla doświadczonego przez COVID-19 współczesnego Kościołapl
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlepl
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