Ministry to the Sick and Dying in the Late Medieval Church Leann Theiman listens to their lives and

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Ministry to the Sick and Dying in the Late Medieval Church Leann Theiman listens to their lives andThe 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