Editorial: Catholic University of America Press
Número de páginas: 248 págs.
Fecha de edición: 30-11-2023
EAN: 9780813237350
ISBN: 978-0-8132-3735-0
Precio (sin IVA): 100,29 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 104,30 €
The focus of this volume is on ministry to the sick and dying in the later Middle Ages, especially providing them with the sacraments. Medieval writers linked illness to sin and its forgiveness. The priest, as physician of souls, was expected to heal the soul, preparing it for the hereafter. His ministry might also effect healing of bodies, when that healing did not endanger the soul. This book treats how a priest prepared to visit sick persons and went to them in procession with the Eucharist and oil of the sick.