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What does the Church or the Bible have to say about burial vs cremation? I don't know where to look.
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While I can't answer your question, which I think is a good one, I want to add a secondary question. Is organ donation considered okay or do you have to be buried with all of your early body intact? I have heard many people say they wouldn't be organ donors because of religious beliefs but none could tell me why specifically and I can't find any scriptures on it. Obviously organ donation was not real popular in the first century 
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To the best of my knowledge,cremation has been ok'd by the Vatican. In years past it was felt to be a pagan practice I suppose thus suppressed by the Church. As far as I know of Jehovah Witness's are the only sect that demand no blood transfusions,organ transplants etc(of course they arent a member of the Body of Christ)but are generally lumped in there anyway.Possibly some small denominations may not believe in these practices,but theyre far & few inbetween.
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To the best of my knowledge,cremation has been ok'd by the Vatican. In years past it was felt to be a pagan practice I suppose thus suppressed by the Church. As far as I know of Jehovah Witness's are the only sect that demand no blood transfusions,organ transplants etc(of course they arent a member of the Body of Christ)but are generally lumped in there anyway.Possibly some small denominations may not believe in these practices,but theyre far & few inbetween.
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I do know that as a few years ago, it is now permitted for Catholics to be cremated. And the cremains may be brought to the church for a mass or service , whichever is the family's wish. Before it was not allowed for Catholics to be cremated.
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Creamation:
"The cremated remains should be buried in a grave or entombed
in a mausoleum or columbarium [a cemetery vault designed for
urns containing ashes of the dead]. The practice of scattering
cremated remains on the sea, from the air, or on the ground, or
keeping cremated remains in the home of a relative or friend of
the deceased are not the reverent disposition that the Church
requires." The instructions also state that, if at all possible, the
place of entombment should be marked with a plaque or stone
memorializing the deceased.
About Organ Donation:
Organ and tissue donation is heroic and praiseworthy. As an act of charity, organ and tissue donation have repeatedly received magisterial
support and encouragement. Indeed, Pope John Paul II in the encyclical Evangelium Vitae lists organ donation among "heroic acts," stating
that, "A particularly praiseworthy example of such gestures is the donation of organs, performed in an ethically acceptable manner." (86)
Equally clear in its affirmation of the goodness of organ donation are the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services,
published by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. Directive #63 states: "Catholic health care institutions should encourage and
provide the means whereby those who wish to do so may arrange for the donation of their organs and bodily tissue, for ethically legitimate
purposes, so that they may be used for donation and research after death." The teaching is thus clear: organ donation is morally permissible.
"The cremated remains should be buried in a grave or entombed
in a mausoleum or columbarium [a cemetery vault designed for
urns containing ashes of the dead]. The practice of scattering
cremated remains on the sea, from the air, or on the ground, or
keeping cremated remains in the home of a relative or friend of
the deceased are not the reverent disposition that the Church
requires." The instructions also state that, if at all possible, the
place of entombment should be marked with a plaque or stone
memorializing the deceased.
About Organ Donation:
Organ and tissue donation is heroic and praiseworthy. As an act of charity, organ and tissue donation have repeatedly received magisterial
support and encouragement. Indeed, Pope John Paul II in the encyclical Evangelium Vitae lists organ donation among "heroic acts," stating
that, "A particularly praiseworthy example of such gestures is the donation of organs, performed in an ethically acceptable manner." (86)
Equally clear in its affirmation of the goodness of organ donation are the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services,
published by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. Directive #63 states: "Catholic health care institutions should encourage and
provide the means whereby those who wish to do so may arrange for the donation of their organs and bodily tissue, for ethically legitimate
purposes, so that they may be used for donation and research after death." The teaching is thus clear: organ donation is morally permissible.
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the Church prefers and encourages that the body of the deceased be present for the funeral rites. so the cremated remains are to be treated with the same respect as the body.
we look at the body of a loved one or friend as an opportunity to give us a chance to pause and consider the mystery of life and death. we are reminded that Christ himself died, was entombed and rose from the dead (gloriously!).
this is the reason the Church shows reverence for the body during its burial rites. for our own spiritual resurrection into the eternal.
to clarify and emphasize: the Church prefers this. there is no hard and fast rule or doctrine concerning this. there use to be (in fact it was abhorrent at one time for cremation to even be an option)...but that has gone the way of the dodo...
we look at the body of a loved one or friend as an opportunity to give us a chance to pause and consider the mystery of life and death. we are reminded that Christ himself died, was entombed and rose from the dead (gloriously!).
this is the reason the Church shows reverence for the body during its burial rites. for our own spiritual resurrection into the eternal.
to clarify and emphasize: the Church prefers this. there is no hard and fast rule or doctrine concerning this. there use to be (in fact it was abhorrent at one time for cremation to even be an option)...but that has gone the way of the dodo...
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