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Yes it is, but without scientific enquiry (banned by church authorities unless validating church teaching) all that could be achieved were primitive remedies and convalescence.

Good point, I had forgotten about those other churches although I don’t think that affected the English church, which was affiliated to Rome. I also agree that Rome’s intention when holding back scientific progress was to re-enforce it’s own power. It was only with the arrival of the Renaissance...

Rossy G was talking about the role of the church in the Dark Ages. The church was entirely Rome and the Pope in those pre Reformation days. Mine was a historical comment and no reflection at all on the modern church.

I’m not bothered whether people are religious or not but just in the interests of accuracy; the church held back medical progress for centuries and there is a lot of evidence for this eg banning any dissection that disproved the work of Galen. This was the Dark Ages in Europe and can be...