Mulhane, L: Leprosy and the Charity of the Church (Classic R

Anglický jazyk

Mulhane, L: Leprosy and the Charity of the Church (Classic R

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Excerpt from Leprosy and the Charity of the Church

Leprosy seems to be a very ancient disease. The 13th chapter Of the Book Of Leviticus treats of the law concerning leprosy in men and garments, and the 14th chapter, Of the rites of sacrifice in Cleansing leprosy. It was regarded by the ancients as adis ease peculiar to Egypt. Herodotus speaks of it: as existing in Persia. Pliny knew of it, as did Diodorus. Lucretius says: Leprosy is a disease born in Egypt along the waters Of the Nile, and nowhere else. The Hebrews brought it with them from their Egyptian slavery and the Mosaic law shows how dreadful must have been its ravages and how great the terror which it excited. Regarding it as a disease sent directly by God, they required that the person supposed to be infected should go and Show himself to the priest, and, if in his Opinion, the disease was leprosy, he was declared unclean and at once separated from the people. SO strictly was the Mosaic law Observed.

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