Healing in the History of Christianity

by Amanda Porterfield

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Healing is one of the most constant themes in the long and sprawling history of Christianity. Jesus himself performed many miracles of healing. In the second century, St. Ignatius was the first to describe the eucharist as the medicine of immortality. Prudentius, a 4th-century poet and Christian apologist, celebrated the healing power of St. Cyprian's tongue. Bokenham, in his 15th-century Legendary, reported the healing power of milk from St. Agatha's...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0195157184

ISBN13:9780195157185

Release Date:August 2005

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:240 Pages

Weight:1.08 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.4" x 9.4"

Related Subjects

Christian Books & Bibles Church History Education & Reference History Language Arts Linguistics Other Religions, Practices & Sacred Texts Religion Religion & Spirituality Religious Studies Ritual Theology Words, Language & Grammar

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