CREMATION AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.-ReplyC. A. :doi:10.1001/jama.1887.02400050031016WhelanJohn T.American Medical AssociationJournal of the American Medical Association
who demanded it should receive Holy Communion under both kinds; mortal sins should be punished, but only by the legal authorities; the Word of God should be freely expounded by clergy appointed for the purpose; ecclesiastics should manage their property according to the rules of the church. Aft...
From time immemorial, Jews and Christians alike forbade cremation, except in times of plague. During the so-called “Enlightenment,” cremation was used as a means of mocking the notion of the resurrection of the body. In 1973, the Church permitted cremation, if no such denial of bodily resu...