Ghost Materialises for Communion
The Canberra Times reported in 1971 that a ghost appeared
during a communion service at an 11th-century village church in
Hartley, England. Reverend Roger Williams could only watch in awe as a hooded figure,
with its arms crossed on its breast, manifested on a wall, then slowly vanished
from sight. The parishioners gasped in awe at the apparition, but the Reverend
soon explained the miracle.
He explained that after the 16th century, English
churches broke away from Rome, and many mural paintings of saints and scenery
were whitewashed over during the Reformation. The church had recently installed
central heating. The church suffered from dampness, and as the central heating
kicked in, the heat and damp contributed to exposing a mural that had been
whitewashed – thus not a ghost![1]
[1] 'Ghost materialises for Communion', The Canberra Times, (4 January 1971), p. 6.
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