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"It was not so easy to acquire a corpse for dissection, particularly in Europe. Christian belief held that in order to be included in the Resurrection, your bod
by michaelsbradley 11y ago
"It was not so easy to acquire a corpse for dissection, particularly in Europe. Christian belief held that in order to be included in the Resurrection, your body had to remain intact, so that you could rise up bodily upon Jesus’ Return."
That's completely untrue, in more than one respect.
See this article in the Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissection#Christian_Europe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissection#Christian_Europe
Also this article in the 1913 Catholic Encylopedia: http://oce.catholic.com/index.php?title=Resurrection#B._Characteristics_of_the_Risen_Body http://oce.catholic.com/index.php?title=Resurrection#B._Char...