History Channel about China, showed a dig where a 2000yr old women still looked like she was alive, even had red blood still in her veins. He joints would bend, skin was still elastic.
The Roman Catholic Church has these people canonized as Saints if they were religious people because they didn't decay.
2007-12-03 04:28:01 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Thank you all for your thoughtful answers
2007-12-03 04:58:16 · update #1
It takes more than a mummy to canonize a saint. They must have lived exemplary lives, they must have been orthodox in their beliefs, and I think there must be three verified miracles.
2007-12-03 05:30:46 · answer #1 · answered by Bibs 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Roman Catholic church has more reasons than not decaying for canonizing people. Besides, we are all Saints as the Bible states all children in Christ are saints. The Catholic church teaches this and canonizes people to show examples of good behavior. This doesn't mean canonization makes someone a Saint as we are all saints but canonization helps bring knowledge to the good some people have done in the name of Christ.
2007-12-03 04:37:32 · answer #2 · answered by cynical 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually, you are inaccurate in your statement. There were some of the Catholic church who wanted to make a man a saint because of the fact that his body hadn't decayed. But it was finally ruled that this was not a miracle (one of the requirements for sainthood in the RCC) but simply a testament to the skill of the embalmers.
2007-12-03 04:35:08 · answer #3 · answered by sdb deacon 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Uh, not quite. Incorruptibility by itself doesn't mean automatic canonization. It's a rare phenomenon, and is considered, but not given inordinate weight in the process of investigation.
2007-12-03 04:33:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋