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In ancient times, oracles, mediums and other spiritual figures often used bouts of madness to convey communion with gods or spirits. "Divine Madness", some historians have called it.
What if it was the same sort of tradition was adopted as doctrine by the Catholic Priesthood?
What sort of effect might this have had on the early church and potential the study if mental illness in middle ages?