Eidolon Paranormal Australia: Proof of God?

Wednesday, 10 October 2012

Proof of God? - The Incorruptible Body

Saint Virginia Centurione Bracelli,
who died in 1651.

An Incorruptible body is a belief that divine intervention preserves some deceased human bodies from decomposition.
Our flesh and blood bodies decay after death, much quicker if not embalmed, but some Christians have a belief that the bodies of very Holy people are spared this indignity and that their corpses are preserved indefinitely. There is long-standing evidence of this belief with the untainted remains of many saints in different countries of the world.

This effect has baffled many scientists, with no clear and rational explanation given as to what causes the effect.

It should be noted that this isn't due to mummification, artificial preservation or other "modern science" human effects upon the body, but is instead thought to be a divine supernatural effect that only occurs with the bodies of Saints and other Holy People.

It appears that most of those affected have died very recently, or indeed appear to be sleeping, even though some of them have been dead for hundreds of years!

There is a belief that these bodies will be resurrected in the End Times spoken in the Bible, to what purpose is unclear.

Many in-corrupt bodies produce a distinctive scent known as the "Odour of Sanctity", which resembles the fragrance of rose blossoms. Some of these bodies also have a miraculous power to heal sick people who touch the preserved flesh.

The smell is also noted to come from the wounds of those suffering the stigmata. This condition and the scent were reported by those that witnessed the Stigmata of Padre Pio.

Is it Divine Intervention, or something else?