Can demons posses Dead bodies

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That is a sort of gnosticism. We are beings made up of a soul and a body.
 
The reason that Catholics treat the dead with respect is that we understand that our bodies are part of our person. We know that if we die in Christ our bodies will be glorified and raised up on the Last Day.
 
It’s a valid question. I don’t encourage people to worry, but I do think people should be educated. Otherwise, you get stuff like [Reader discretion advised] where the “Left Behind” series claims Satan and his followers can raise the dead. One would think people would challenge it, but I don’t hear many protestations against it. Probably comes from the series being so long; it eases the reader into its position. Going straight to the volume in question is a bit of a shock.

No, I believe only God controls life. The closest thing anyone could find to Satan “healing” anyone might be if a person were oppressed by evil power, then the oppression stopped in order to fool the person into thinking that evil power had healed them.
 
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Only God has the power to bring someone back to life. A demon possessing a corpse is not ressurection.
 
I don’t think anyone knows, and I certainly do not believe the Church has ever bothered to pronounce on the subject, officially or otherwise.
I would say that if anyone does have any knowledge on the subject he is keeping it to himself, and that anyone else has no reason to think it has ever actually happened - whether it is theoretically possible is debatable.
I can’t see what possible relevance such theoretical questions have, though, unless you believe you have been attacked by a Satanic zombie?
 
I was reading an article yesterday St. Hildegard - Catholic Prophecy …about a prophecy which does say that demons will deceive people by moving around a dead body. I’m still in the process of trying to figure out whether this prophecy is a legitimate prophecy by St Hildegard or not. I do know that St Hildegard is a Doctor of the Church though. Anyone know anything about this?
 
A dead body is no more than an inanimate object, so demons could not make use of it.

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The dead have arisen, soulless and hungry… 💀💀
 
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Is that a Pentecostal Holiness book with an ex-Catholic target audience? I must say. Certain phrases seem very telling. Tell us the true, soldier. 😎
 
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Are you referring to DC politics? Don’t worry, the hordes of clamoring lobbyist are normal. 😎
 
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Has anyone taken a close look at Ruth Bader Ginsburg lately? I’d say she’s un-living proof.
 
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@convertingtocatholic Demons cannot possess dead bodies, because a demon infests a spirit first, and only indirectly the body that that spirit inhabits.

But about zombies: they are not really dead bodies at all. They are not physically dead, but spiritually. In other words, they are bodies without spirit. It follows then, that they cannot be possessed. Zombies are immune to demons (and to many forms of magic), which is ironic because in a way that would seem to make them holy. But it doesn’t, because holiness is perfection of spirit, while zombies do not have a spirit (anymore).
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But I think zombies are not possessed right? But some kind of infected work?
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Correct. They are not possessed, but infected with something that has killed off their spirit. And by the way, this is much worse than being possessed, for possessing demons can be driven out. I don’t know what can restore one’s spirit after it has died – perhaps nothing can.
 
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Just to make sure, you mean “The End of the Present World and the Mysteries of the Future Life” by Fr. Charles Arminjon?
 
No, no, no. Just turn the lights out and be quiet. Never unnessesarily engage a superior force unless upon your own terms.
 
Without an imprimatur, that’s highly debatable. Good luck, soldier.
 
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