The Incorruptibles
What do you think about this?
Incorruptibles
Through history, the bodies of a considerable number of deceased Catholic Saints and other blessed persons, have not undergone the normal processes of disintegration. Without any kind mummification or embalming methods, their corpses have thus remained incorrupt, a few even after 1500 years. The accounts of incorruptible bodies are a part of Christian history from the first century right through to the 21st.
Incorruptibles
Through history, the bodies of a considerable number of deceased Catholic Saints and other blessed persons, have not undergone the normal processes of disintegration. Without any kind mummification or embalming methods, their corpses have thus remained incorrupt, a few even after 1500 years. The accounts of incorruptible bodies are a part of Christian history from the first century right through to the 21st.
posted by Sean at 11/03/2005 11:12:00 PM
8 Comments:
check the link above to get the whole article and a bunch of other stories about miracles.
i know the vatican has approved some of these things and some not. i think the incorruptibles all have been approved but i'm not sure what has and hasn't.
this stuff really is of biblical proportions and challenges the "enlightened" mind.
The miraculous wasn't saved for only the Apostolic Age. It's not hard for me to believe. Those folks were pretty amazing Christians. If God chose to work through them as witnesses even in such a way as this, well, it doesn't surprise me.
That's St. Bernadette of Lourdes? Wow.
Also, check out II Kings 13:20-21. In addition, recall other miracles of saints in the Bible... the cloths carried from Paul to others, Peter's shadow.
Other relics worth noting: The bronze serpent (eventually carried in the Ark of the Covenant), the staff (rod? Also carried in the ark-- it had bloomed w/ flowers) of Aaron, Elijah's mantle.
Isn't it amazing that I heard nothing of this when i was a protestant? You would think that miracles in the christian world would be celebrated widely. I did hear of miracles in the pentacostal etc. type church and their realm of influence, but sometimes that stuff is really sketchy. I think the miracles approved by the Vatican carry a lot more weight and I do believe them.
I also always wondered, "This God of the bible seems like he would continue doing cool things but I guess all of that ended with the closing of the cannon." I don't know way everything supernatural in the protestant world (typically) ended with the closing of the cannon, and that was also the only time the holy spirit kept the church from error. The church was infallible, but only once. (except for those deuterocanonicals)
Im just glad to see stuff like what happened in the bible (miracles) still happen and are documented as such.
I've always been curious about what spiritual benefit there is to stigmata because it almost seems more like a curse than a miracle. What do you guys make of it?
I think you have to look at it in light of the catholic churches teaching on suffering. check the catechism, i think it might be a good resource for this teaching.
my hard drive is down so i cant make a new post yet. sorry. I'll be back soon.
sean
You wanna know what I think about incorruptibles? I think it's freakin' awesome. Dude, she's been dead for like 800 years... and I think she just winked at me. She is kinda cute though. Too bad she's a nun... and dead. (Did I just cross the line? Way back there? Sorry.)
I learned a little bit o' trivia the other day. St. Francis of Assissi was the first person ever to receive the stigmata. He asked God to allow him to experience as much of Christ's suffering as he was able, and God replied, "You must be CRAZY!!!"
Here's an interesting article on Incorruptibles from Fortean Times, a secular magazines that reports on paranormal phenomena. It's kinda long, but they give provide several detailed accounts of bodies that should have quickly corrupted, yet decades later their bodies were found in very good condition. It also says some Buddhist monks do not decay, although it's quite possible they were accidently embalmed. Who knows...
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