The Incorruptibles: A Study of the Incorruption of the Bodies of Various Catholic Saints and Beati
by Joan Carroll Cruz
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Author: Joan Carroll CruzEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1977-06
ISBN: 0895550660
Number of pages: 310
Publisher: Tan Books & Publishers
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I read 'Incorruptibles' expecting to be dazzled by corresponding pix and hard to defy happenings. Some of the pictures, I must admit, come across as morbid. It also dawned on me that the level of decomposition may not be a function of sanctity but rather of the corpse being exposed to air or the elements. I worked one summer in a Catholic cemetery, and though I wasn't an eye-witness, I was told that people occasionally moved out of state and wanted their relatives moved with them. On more than one occasion, when an exhumed coffin was opened, the body looked normal, asleep, with no decay evident. Some of these were decades old. So I believe that those 'saints' whose bodies decayed after being exhumed, were not miraculous 'incorruptibles' as the author purports. HOWEVER, those who remain the same and exude sweet aromas, then this truly cannot be explained 'in the natural'. This latter condition does eliminate quite a few of Ms Cruz's candidates. I do want to commend Ms Cruz on her research and her well-written first effort. Larry Pozzum Ronnow
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