Has the Catholic Church taken cognizance of the theory that the terminal cause of Jesus's death on the cross was heart-failure?
score:2
Has the Catholic Church taken cognizance of the theory that the terminal cause of Jesus's death on the cross was heart-failure?
The short answer is no!
Crucifixion was a torture in itself to deliberately produce death. However some Catholic physicians have written on the minuet causes of what the crucified actually died of.
In his book, A Doctor at Calvary: The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ as Described by a Surgeon (1950), the French Surgeon Pierre Barbet put forth convincingly that Our Lord died of suffocation.
In another theory The Physical Death of Jesus Christ, Dr. Edwards, postulated that Jesus died of died of shock brought on by copious blood loss so that he did not have enough blood to keep his brain and heart, and therefore the rest of his body, alive. His heart probably started beating in a rapid rhythm called ventricular tachycardia.
Of these various medical theories on the cause of Jesus’ death while on the Cross, the Church has not recognized any one as being the absolute cause of Our Lord’s death.
Others claim it was due myocardial infarction, heart rupture and hemopericardium.
For more information the following sources:
Upvote:2
What is the basis that He died of heart failure?
Although, most likely the severe psychological trauma in the garden of Gethsemane took a physical toll, so did the multiple trials, the crown of thorns on his head, carrying the cross to the hill.
37 And Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and breathed His last. 38 Then the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. 39 So when the centurion, who stood opposite Him, saw that [g]He cried out like this and breathed His last, he said, “Truly this Man was the Son of God!” https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+15&version=NKJV \
30 So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+19&version=NKJV \
and
50 And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit. ... 33 But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs. 34 But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+27&version=NKJV \
When they pierced His side, water coming out signified that they also pierced His heart, but He was already dead. Piercing the heart was so that the Romans and ultimately the rest of the world would know He truly died.
Putting these passages together, the sequence of events in close time proximity was A. He cried out B. He gave up His Spirit C. He breathed His last. Cessation of breathing would indicate death. The centurion immediately refers to Him in the past tense.
It seems that He died when He chose to give up His Spirit.
More post
- 📝 Where does the Bible support the idea of church budgets, for those traditions that think it does?
- 📝 According to Jehovah's Witnesses, why does the word Jehovah not get inserted into the Bible until Genesis 2:4?
- 📝 Are Iraqi Chaldean (Suraye) related to the Chaldean mentioned in old testament?
- 📝 What is life in Heaven going to be like?
- 📝 What place do ritual and ceremony have in the church today? (Liturgical POV)
- 📝 Is it generally acceptable to attend a bible study as a non Christian?
- 📝 Why aren't all unbelievers given a "Road to Damascus" moment, according to Catholicism?
- 📝 At the second coming, will Jesus descend in the same body or will he be reborn again?
- 📝 Remarriage of divorced, where adultery doesn't occur until after the divorce?
- 📝 What does it mean to shed blood in the name of Christ?
- 📝 Why are a Catholic bishop's Coat of Arms green and not purple?
- 📝 Is polyandry legal in the bible?
- 📝 What made Jesus question at Mt 21:25 a good example for Christians or was it a bad question because the Jews could not answer?
- 📝 Was C. S. Lewis a "muscular" Christian?
- 📝 Are there any Christian doctrines that cover lucid dreaming?
- 📝 Couldn't it be dangerous to pray to Jesus if he may be a man?
- 📝 Does John 14:16 really talk about prophet Muhammad?
- 📝 What does Paul mean when he speaks of "in Christ"?
- 📝 What is the biblical basis for women being created in the image of God?
- 📝 Is it true that Martin Luther never considered the works of the early Church Fathers?
- 📝 Eastern Orthodoxy: what is the difference in character between each of the 8 modes?
- 📝 Where to find the up to date catholic missals for each languages?
- 📝 How could David enter the congregation of the Lord when he was descended from Ruth the Moabitess?
- 📝 In Canada, is it true that when Mormons first arrived (1887) they weren't allowed to settle within 50km of Lethbridge?
- 📝 What is the Biblical basis for withholding communion from believers who are unbaptized?
- 📝 How did Judas die?
- 📝 Why does the KJV say "people perish" in Pr. 29:18?
- 📝 As Christians can we support immigration control?
- 📝 Observance of the Passover - Timeline
- 📝 What's the meaning of this quote by C. S. Lewis, regarding the heart and head?
Source: stackoverflow.com
Search Posts
Related post
- 📝 Has the Catholic Church taken cognizance of the theory that the terminal cause of Jesus's death on the cross was heart-failure?
- 📝 Does the Catholic Church teach that it has the authority to change what is morally right and wrong?
- 📝 Has the Catholic Church outlined specific Biblical passages which should not be taken literally?
- 📝 What steps has the Catholic Church taken as a whole to address a shortage of priests?
- 📝 Has the Catholic Church always believed that sex before marriage is fornication?
- 📝 Has the Catholic Church ever declared any group that identified itself Christian as not Christian?
- 📝 Who, in the Roman Catholic Church has declared that Matthew 16:18 teaches empowerment of the Magesterium with inerrancy regarding faith and morals?
- 📝 Has the Catholic Church made any comparative study of the faith of Martha vis-a-vis that of Mary?
- 📝 Has the Catholic Church drawn a parallel between the sleep of Jonah on board the ship and that of Jesus in the boat?
- 📝 Has the Catholic Church responded to the argument that sex between a married couple can strengthen their emotional bond?
- 📝 Does Catholic doctrine teach that the Incarnation would have taken place regardless of Adam's decision?
- 📝 Is there any evidence for the claim that the Catholic church suppressed translation of Scripture?
- 📝 How has the position of the Catholic Church on drugs changed over time?
- 📝 Why can the Catholic Church declare one person a saint but has never declared another damned?
- 📝 Has the Catholic Church ever opposed interracial marriage?
- 📝 How has the Catholic Church interpreted the tearing of the temple veil?
- 📝 Has the Catholic church ever voiced its view on the possibility of aliens' existence?
- 📝 Has the Roman Catholic Church ever officially condemned the Croatian Ustashi?
- 📝 On what basis does the Catholic Church teach that women cannot be ordained?
- 📝 What is the biblical support that the Catholic Church is the custodian of truth?
- 📝 Has the Roman Catholic Church ever issued an official response to the accusations of the Reformers?
- 📝 Does the Catholic Church officially claim that the Bible is insufficient without tradition?
- 📝 Has the Catholic Church responded to the apparent implausibility of a census as described in Luke?
- 📝 Does the Catholic Church teach that Jesus' Human Nature was created?
- 📝 Did Pope Francis declare that according to the teaching of the Catholic Church capital punishment is intrinsically evil?
- 📝 Does the Catholic Church have a contingency plan for the case that the pope and all cardinals are dead?
- 📝 Does the Catholic Church teach that some who died before Christ are still in Limbo? Why?
- 📝 Has the Catholic Church ever attempted a local substitute for the word Amen?
- 📝 How is the claim that the doctrine of Papal Infallibility has always existed within the Church substantiated?
- 📝 How does the Catholic Church respond to the claim that its authority to interpret scripture is based on circular reasoning?