For an example of healing, from wikipedia: "The adoption of Christianity as the state religion of the Roman Empire drove an expansion of the provision of care.

For an example of healing, from wikipedia: "The adoption of Christianity as the state religion of the Roman Empire drove an expansion of the provision of care. The First Council of Nicaea in 325 A.D. urged the church to provide for the poor, sick, widows, and strangers. It ordered the construction of a hospital in every cathedral town. Among the earliest were those built by the physician Saint Sampson in Constantinople and by Basil, bishop of Caesarea. The latter was attached to a monastery and provided lodgings for poor and travelers, as well as treating the sick and infirm. There was a separate section for lepers.[15]" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospital http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospital