»… dann wird Gott dich mit großen Plagen und bösen Krankheiten heimsuchen« (Dtn 28,59)

Abstract Catastrophes like global pandemics are very prone to generate different interpretations, also in the realm of religion and theology. It might be expected that most common approach within history was think them as divine punishments for human sins. While this case some instances, a closer look, however, reveals ancient medieval theologians were reluctant embark on way explanations offered more theologically mature thoughts.