The Incorruptibles: A Study of the Incorruption of the Bodies of Various Catholic Saints and Beati

Imagine how good it is to read about the incorruptible bodies of many of our saints. Truly, their lives have been of great interest and inspiration to many!!

The book was sent to me quickly and in good condition. I have read about a third of it and I am very pleased that I bought it. I am interested in all the saints, not just those whose bodies are incorrupt, and I have found the information about many saints lives (in this book) very interesting and helpful. It is an encouragement to one's Faith.

On a beautiful subject, it has just enough depth to it and information and is a perfect first read on this subject.

I would give this book 5 stars I'm sure if it was updated, with better photographs. Nevertheless it is an intriguing read, not just because of the 'incorruptibility' factor, but also because it offers 'lives of the saints' in short chapters which makes it a great bedside table book.

Ordered for my daughter

Great book, if you like this kind of reading then this is the book for you! Good story as well, as a great author!

EXCELLENT

very good

This is an incredible book! It is extremely well researched and very thorough. I was not at all familiar with this phenomenon until I bought this book, and I found it so fascinating. The book goes through all the [surprisingly] many Saints whose bodies have remained incorrupt - it tells a bit about their lives and about their burials. It details the finding of their bodies incorrupt and the current state of the bodies. Mrs. Cruz goes into some detail on the science behind what makes this phenomenon so utterly amazing [and obviously of Supernatural origins], but she does it in a way that remains interesting and easy to understand. This book is very faithful to the teachings of the Catholic faith and I found it incredibly faith strengthening. I think it would be difficult to maintain doubt when faced with such compelling evidence. This book is almost 30 years old now. I would LOVE to see a revision with better photography and some information on how the incorruptibles may have been investigated with modern scientific measures. Regardless, this is a fantastic book that I highly recommend to every Catholic and anyone else who is interested.

Livro traz excelente conteúdo e rico em exemplos de corpos incorruptos. Recomendo.

100+ Catholic saints receive a 2 to 4 page treatment that briefly gives their historical context and why their remains were considered incorruptible. Absolutely unbelievable but there you have it, straight from the historical records of the Catholic Church. Skeptics will be able to scoff at the stories from the Middle Ages until modern times given that there are no real medical records supporting the wild claims of the faithful. However, from the 19th century onwards, we got a problem and that is, how do you explain away corpses that refuse to decompose and, in some cases, still present in perfect condition, as if just asleep!?! The most recent one was discovered in Missouri in April 2023, 4 years after passing, that of Sr Wilhelmina Lancaster, OSB. And in the first decade of the 21st century, the teenage saint, Carlo Acutis, whose body looks like he is just taking a nap, for crying out loud! What on earth is going on?!

They negated life for God.But True God negates earthly life.Their Love For God outlives death. Dear Saints,You still live as a witness to the Living God

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