抑郁是罪吗?不是:圣经关于抑郁的教导



  • 抑郁症不是罪:圣经从未将其称为罪,新约中任何关于罪的列表都不包含悲伤。
  • 以利亚曾求死(列王纪上 19:4),诗篇第 88 篇以黑暗告终,耶稣在客西马尼园也说:“我心里甚是忧伤,几乎要死”(马太福音 26:38)。
  • 《天主教教理》指出“病理障碍”以及“心理或社会因素”可以减轻或免除责任(1735, 1860),教宗若望保禄二世称抑郁症为一种“疾病”。
  • 俄罗斯正教会和美南浸信会都支持在牧灵关怀的同时提供医疗护理,并且都反对污名化。
  • 世界卫生组织表示,约有 5.2% 的成年人患有抑郁症,并且有效的治疗方法是存在的。

No. Depression is not a sin, and the Bible never calls it one. Elijah asked God to take his life (1 Kings 19:4), the psalmists wrote laments such as Psalms 42 and 88, and Jesus said in Gethsemane, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death” (Matthew 26:38). Catholic, Orthodox and major Protestant bodies treat depression as an illness. When Elijah lay down under a broom tree and asked to die, God answered him with sleep, with bread and water,…

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