Vol. 15 (2021): XV International Symposium Contemporary Issues of Literary Studies : Literature and Pandemic. Historical and Thematic Experience
The Issue of Pandemic in Folklore and Mythology

Disease and Cure Essence According to the Old Testement and the Gospel of Luke

Nino Gagoshashvili
Shota Rustavelli Institute of Georgian Literature

Published 2021-12-20

Abstract

 

Theology considers diseases and cures as ontological experience of humankind, which, in itself relates to the Original Sin and the problem of abuse of the freedom given by God. Therefore, Jesus Christ approaches the issue of curing globally and resurrects not only the body and soul of a person, but also his position in the society, his social identity. All this suggests that a human cannot be fully cured without considering all the aspects of his life. Specialists of the New Testament compare such cure of a human to the Miracle of the Resurrection of the Lord, which reveals the support of the Savior to the mortal humankind.