Why was the Christian faith so intertwined with medicine in the early Middle Ages? Was it because the Church took the place of governmental institutions? Or because the Church controlled education? Or because people were more willing to have faith in the efficacy of medicine if spiritual power was connected to the remedies?

Why was the Christian faith so intertwined with medicine in the early Middle Ages? Was it because the Church took the place of governmental institutions? Or because the Church controlled education? Or because people were more willing to have faith in the efficacy of medicine if spiritual power was connected to the remedies?