ACC ~ Mark 2 v9

HEALING THE WHOLE PERSON

CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA: The physician’s art, according to Democritus, heals the diseases of the body; wisdom frees the soul from its obsessions. But the good Instructor, Wisdom, who is the Word of the Father who assumed human flesh, cares for the whole nature of his creature. The all-sufficient Physician of humanity, the Savior, heals both body and soul conjointly. “Stand up,” he commanded the paralytic; “take the bed on which you lie, and go home”; and immediately the paralytic received strength. [1] CHRIST THE EDUCATOR 1.4. [2]

[1] Mk 2:11.

[2] TLG 0555.002, 1.2.6.2.1-3.3; ANF 2:210**.

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