Greg JohnsonApr 11, 2024

JC Ryle, evangelical Anglican, writes on medicine. He says some Greeks of the antiquities advanced medicine. But a systematic care for the sick and high esteem of doctors took off with advent of Christianity.

Today, don’t many cultural flash points position Xians on the side against health care systems? What has changed? How is Ryle called an “evangelical”?

What can you do for the sick today?

#christian #waronpoverty #workforjustice #ngo #almsgiving

Show threadBen Thorp
@pteranodo Evangelical in the British sense, rather than the American sense...
Apr 11, 2024 at 12:08pmTusky
Show threadGreg JohnsonApr 11, 2024
@benthorp It is sooo bizarre that I had been very politically aware and even religious-controversy-aware for decades, and it wasn’t until a year or two into deep research on this topic that I became aware of this distinction. It’s like the recent US aberration doesn’t want you to know about their more humane uncles.