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Hospitality and Hospitality in the Church
In the ancient world there were no hospitals and there were no hotels medicine was rare and travel with very dangerous particular after the empire fell. The early followers of Jesus picked up on this need for both and came in to fill a void in society again you go to the place of pain. In 370 basil the Bishop of Caesarea founded what historians consider the first ever hospital at his eulogy they called it a storehouse of piety. All guests who present themselves are to be welcomed as Christ for himself will say I was a stranger and you welcomed me.