The priest was the healer and the temple or shrine was a place where healing could occur. In the Bible the Hebrew word yeshuwah means both salvation and health. The Greek verb sozo means to save, to heal, and to make whole. In the early centuries after Christ, faith and healing began to move apart. As science developed, the spiritual aspect of life was gradually rejected.
Science deals with that which is subject to physical measurements and experimentation.
Medical science limits itself to what is physical, observable and replicable. In this process, our concept of the person has become fragmented. Diseases of the body are the concern of medicine, problems of the mind are the realm of psychology, and spiritual problems are relegated to pastors and priests. It is now our duty as Christian practitioners to bring faith in Christ and the practice of medicine back together as an integrated whole. To do this we must first recognise the wholeness of the person we seek to heal.