The Middle Ages
Queen Margaret and Her Son, David I
It is not often that a queen washes the feet of the poor in her castle. Nor is it usual for such a person to impact a nation through her godliness, practical kindness and love, so that Scotland produced its golden age of kings for about two hundred years, because of...
Christians in Medicine
Jesus Christ taught his disciples, ‘Heal the sick’. This was understood by the Early Church to mean that God would miraculously heal people in answer to prayer, but that also the medical practice should be an important part of the church’s ministry. Clearly the...