The Syriac Tradition

Clericalism, East and West

By what authority?

Encyclical from 1864 Shows the Orthodox Church of Greece Made Vaccination Against Smallpox Mandatory for All Believershttps://t.co/rHpbdQr9hc pic.twitter.com/fFk4VeAdBn

— Mystagogy Resource Center (@mystagogy1) July 31, 2021

While visiting a museum today, super intrigued to find, in early 19th-c. Austria, it was actually *church clergy* who were expected to (a) advocate for Smallpox vaccination, (b) help facilitate vac's, and (c) SHAME people who *didn't* take the vax & consequently died from the pox pic.twitter.com/6keXjMgTu8

— Jonathan Greig (@jabgreig) July 31, 2021