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Despre contextul atitudinii Sfântului Vasile cel Mare față de medicină
On the Context of Saint Basil the Great’ Attitude Towards Medicine

Author(s): Sebastian Moldovan
Subject(s): Theology and Religion, Comparative Studies of Religion, Religion and science
Published by: Editura Doxologia
Keywords: Basil of Caesarea; illness; medicine; Long Rule 55; Macarian Homily 48;

Summary/Abstract: The present essay examines the personal experience and the major currents in the Christian attitude towards medicine that constituted the lived and the conceptual context in which the great bishop and theologian Basil of Caesarea formulated his attitude towards illness, healing and the Christian use of medicine, with special reference to his position expressed in the Longer Rule 55 of his Asketikon.

  • Issue Year: XCVIII/2022
  • Issue No: 5-8 Suppl.
  • Page Range: 53-73
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Romanian