Jul 3, 2020
Modernity treats the human physique just about as a gadget for the
manufacturing of delight. It’s tuned up, fueled, and oiled for top
efficiency, after which when it’s not of use, it’s burnt and
disposed of in a maximally environment friendly way.
Satirically, the denial of a soul which persists after physically
dying has led us to disclaim the physique itself as elementary to human
id. The allegedly soulless fashionable has much less hope of
resurrection than the Saducees ever did. We by some means concern dying extra
but by no means have interaction with the truth of dying.
Scott Hahn joins the display to discuss how the incarnation,
dying and resurrection of the Son of God modified how our
civilization seen the physique, dying and the afterlife.
Sadly, even Catholics these days deal with useless our bodies in some way that
does no longer put across this truth. But how we method dying &
burial has the prospective to turn the Catholic distinction and
evangelize our tradition.
Contents
[1:24] The prevailing war of words (or lack thereof) with
mortality and dying
[4:28] Fashionable Gnostic attitudes in opposition to the physique
[7:21] The traditional pagan sense of reverence for useless our bodies vs.
that of the Hebrews
[15:08] The duality in Jewish remedy of corpses
[23:48] Shift to early Christian attitudes
[29:12] Rediscovering a wholesome, balanced and hopeful view of
the human physique
[31:41] What does it imply that we can have “religious our bodies”
after the resurrection?
[47:07] Catholic ideals concerning the penalties of failing to
correctly bury the useless
[53:50] Revival of cremation by means of French revolutionaries, Masons,
Communists and neo-pagans as a planned assault at the Church
[59:51] The relevance of sacramentals and relics to the query
of cremation
[1:05:05] Inordinate concern of dying all through the prevailing pandemic;
causes for hope
Hyperlinks
Hope to Die: The Christian That means of Dying and the
Resurrection of the Frame
https://stpaulcenter.com/product/hope-to-die-the-christian-meaning-of-death-and-the-resurrection-of-the-body/
“In all issues, charity (even pandemics)”
https://www.lincolndiocese.org/information/diocesan-news/13928-in-all-things-charity-even-pandemics
Scott Hahn http://www.scotthahn.com/
Emily Stimpson Chapman https://thecatholictable.com/about-emily-stimpson/
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