Nov. 13, 2024

Catholic Exorcisms

Catholic Exorcisms

A discussion about the Catholic teaching on exorcisms.

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A discussion about the Catholic teaching on exorcisms.

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Looking at our world from a theological perspective. This is

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the Theology Central podcast making Theology Central. What did you

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do overnight? Did you have any crazy experiences? Did you

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perhaps listen to a very very very very interesting, crazy

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strange podcast. I mean, after you listen to mine, which

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is not crazy or strange, may not even be interesting,

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But after you listen to mine, did you go listen

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to something pretty crazy, pretty strange, but very interesting. Did

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you Do you have any idea what I'm talking about? Well,

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if you weren't listening late last night, then you have

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no clue what I'm talking about. But I'm going to

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fill you all in as we talk about something I

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think very interesting, very important, and well we're going to

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do that right after I tell you that. It is Wednesday,

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November thirteenth, twenty twenty four. It is currently ten nineteen

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am Central time, and I am coming to you live

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from the Theology Central studio located right here in Abilene, Texas.

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For the last several years, the Catholic Church has noted

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and an alarming increase and the number of exorcisms performed

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and for some of the most disturbing and vicious cases

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of possession. One priest is often summoned. With almost two

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decades in ministry, renowned priests, Father Carlos Martin's has encountered

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evil in nearly every way imaginable, from Luigi boards and

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curses to witches and demonic packs. Father Martin's has battled

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the ancient serpent in many forms. The Exorcist Files are

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his stories. Now, late last night, I went live and

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I told everyone about this podcast called The Exorcist Files.

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And the reason it caught my attention is because, as

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of last night, it was number fourteen on the Spotify

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podcasting chart, and I'm like, whoa where did this come from?

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It has passed all kinds of other podcasts to make

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it to number fourteen, The Exorcist Files. And these are

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the files well of a priest who has been involved

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in some very let's just say, crazy situations. Now, you

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can believe the files, you can be skeptical of the files,

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you can question them, you can just completely reject them.

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But either way, it is very interesting to note that

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over the last several years, the Catholic Church has noted

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an alarming increase and the number of exorcisms performed. Why

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has there been this dramatic increase. Is it psychological, is

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it spiritual? Is it? What's going on? But well, not

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only what is going on to lead to that? Well,

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what happened? What happened during these exorcisms? What was the

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story leading up to the exorcisms? What was going on?

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So I played the trailer for you late last night,

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told everyone to go check it out, and of course,

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as soon as I finished my broadcast, well, the next

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thing you know, I was laying in bed with the

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lights out listening to the first episode ever of The

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Exorcist Files. And ladies and gentlemen. Wow, okay, Wow, is

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all I can say. I mean, I don't know. I

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don't want to give everything away. Let's just say the

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story involves a woman who cannot get pregnant, and the

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next thing you know, she's collecting dead bugs and then

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moves from bugs to well, it just gets crazy. Okay,

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it gets absolutely crazy, and it's the story of everything

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that happens. And wow, I mean you can go listen

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to it yourself. Now be warned. The Exorcist Files, I

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mean it's dealing with obviously a very intense subject, and

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some of the language in it is, you know, recounting

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what was said, and well, so obviously some of the

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language may be offensive to some of you. So if

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you do choose to go listen to it, I mean

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you're listening to some intense things and it's dramatized as well,

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so obviously some of it is not meant for, you know,

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children to be around. But if you go listen to it,

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you're kind of opening the door not only into this

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idea of Satan and demons and demonic possession and exorcisms,

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you're also opening the door into Catholic theology. Well, this

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is the Theology Central podcast, so that's right up my alley, right,

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And not only that. As many of you know, I

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attended a Catholic university pursuing a degree in Catholic theology,

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so that whenever I speak about Catholicism, I could do

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so at least from some level of knowledge and not

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from just complete ignorance or just from hearsay or what

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you know. I think I know trying to at least

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have some true understanding. By no means of mine an

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expert on Catholicism, not claiming that in any way, shape

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or form, but I have spent a lot of time

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trying to understand it and especially in this area of exorcisms.

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So because we talked about the Exorcist Files, I told

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everyone to go listen and hopefully you'll listen to at

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least the first episode is part one. It's two parts,

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and you can go listen to it and see what

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you think about it. The episode is called in fact,

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I have it right here. It is called No Life

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Without Death Case one, No Life Without Death Part one,

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No Life Without Death Part one, the Exorcist Files. This

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episode one was released on January the twenty fifth, twenty

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twenty three. So you can go listen and see what

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you think. Again, be warned. I'm giving you every warning

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possible that I can give you. Some of you may

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find it offensive, some of you may find the content disturbing.

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Just note that there's language and just no. I mean,

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it's dealing with the demonic, it's dealing with this whole concept.

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And would I would as always tell you, hey, be skeptical,

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be questioning. But I thought what I could do this

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morning is we'll try to add some broader context. Right,

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I thought I could try to add some broader context.

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So I put together a lot of things. I did

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try to look for some of my textbooks and notes

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from school, because, as I stated late last night, the

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whole concept of the Catholic Church and exorcisms and demon possession.

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Have always been interested in it when I look at

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the and this is just trying to give full transparency.

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Whenever I would see in the non Catholic world right,

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and the and the so called Protestant world and many

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who gets involved in deliverance and casting out demons and

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some of that, I always felt that it it gave

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me more of a sense of a production and fraudulent

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and what is this nonsense? And it came across just

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I don't know, I didn't, I didn't. I just never

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took any of it very serious. And a lot of

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it was connected to the Charismatic Church and charismatic theology.

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And you already know how I feel about charismatic theology.

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I think it's insane, it's crazy, and I think so

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much of what they do is just one big production

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and it's just fake. And how many how many times

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have they been you know, their healings and miracles have

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proven to be fraudulent over and over and over again.

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So I never gave that much. I just kind of

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always was dismissive of that. But when it comes to

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the Catholic Church and there are stories of exorcisms and

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some of that, I always felt, by no means do

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I agree with the theology, but I always felt like

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maybe I would love to be more or at least

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be able to witness their approach to it and actually

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see it and come face to face with it, because

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when we look, I mean, I think we can be

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honest with this. We all as Christians, we open our

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Bible and we hear about, you know, we're in a

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spiritual war, and we're like a man, we're in a

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spiritual war. Satan roam's about as a roaring line seeking

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whom he made devour. That's true. There are demons, there's Satan.

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We know all of that. But I believe so much

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of it is theoretical, right, it's theoretical. I mean, oh,

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people have their stories, but so many times their stories

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you can't really get much information, right. So I'm always

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skeptical about some stories where people supposedly have some encounter

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with the demonic or with the Satan, or with you know,

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something that's satanic. I always feel like a lot of

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it is just what in the world are you talking

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about like it's just crazy stuff? Like I remember some

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story back when he Back when I was a teenager,

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it was popular here in West Texas for churches to

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have these, you know, Friday night rock conferences where they

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told you about the evils of rock music, and on

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Saturdays they would hold a big, you know, bonfire and

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where you burn all your records. Crazy stuff. But I

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would go to the rock conferences for almost entertainment. I

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remember our stories. Someone was listening to Hell's Bell by

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ac DC, and demons came out of the speakers, and

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I'm like, what in the name of bubblegum are you talking? Like?

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This is crazy stuff? Right? So I was always dismissive

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of it. But again, for some weird reason, stories about

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exorcisms within the Catholic Church are always took I may

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disagree with it, but I thought it just felt that

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it was more, there was something more to it. It

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felt like it had some sense of authenticity to it.

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It wasn't because within the Catholic Church there's rules before

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they can even do an exorcism, there's other things that

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must take place. So I always took it a little

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bit more serious, at least from my perspective. I'm not

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saying my perspective is right. I'm just saying that that's

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very true. So I remember hearing some of these stories.

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I thought it was crazy. But at the same time,

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I've always been like, we talk about Satan, we talk

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about demons, we talk about all of this stuff. I

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want to encounter it, like I really want to. I

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want to come face to face with it, because then

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that takes all of the theoretical and makes it real,

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makes it practical. I want to be there, right. So

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then when I, you know, was attending, you know, working

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on my pursuing a degree in Catholic theology, anytime I

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could take courses dealing with Satan or we're dealing with

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exorcisms or demonic possession, anything I could any anything I

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could pursue there, I would do my best to try

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to try to just to try to understand their perspective. Again,

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not saying I agree with it, but seeking to understand it.

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So I thought, since I've told you about the Exorcist Files,

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and I want you to at least go listen to

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episode one, Part one, and part two, and then you

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can draw your own conclusion. Again, just be warned, there's

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some language. Be warned, the content is not meant for children.

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But you can listen to that first case file and

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go demonic or the woman just had some psychological problems.

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You can come to your own conclusion for yourself. But

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I thought we could step back and try to I

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could provide some context. Does that sound okay? So let's

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do this. The Catholic Church is teaching on exorcisms. On

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exorcism would be I think it would be claimed that

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it is rooted in scripture tradition. Of course, I mean,

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we're not shocked by that an official church doctrine. So

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if you want to understand the Catholic Church's teaching on exorcisms,

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well you would have to go to scripture, their tradition,

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and then the official doctrine of the Catholic Church, because

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and they're obviously their system, their theological system. The church

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is the one that has the authority to interpret the scriptures.

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So you would consider the scriptures and line of how

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the Catholic Church would interpret them, and we'll talk about

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that maybe a little bit more. So I'm going to

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attempt to try to outline some of the key points

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and citations and quotes from authoritative text such as the

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Catechism of the Catholic Church, which I have right here,

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the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the Right of Exorcism,

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and other official church documents. So that's what I'm going

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to try to cite the Catechism, the Right of Exorcism,

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and other official church documents so that we can have

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somewhat of an official understanding of what the Catholic Church teaches. Okay, Now,

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if you want, if you want just one simple thing

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to go to, if you have a copy of the

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Catholic Catechism, or if you look online. When you if

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you go online and it allows you to search by paragraph,

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you just need to find paragraphs sixteen seventy three and

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the Catholic Catechism, paragraph sixteen seventy three is the go

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to paragraph if you really want to get the Catholic

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understanding of exorcism. So I'll be referencing it multiple times

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and maybe reading it multiple times. All right, so let's

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start with this. Let's start with defining and understanding the

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purpose of exorcism within Catholicism. What is how do they

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define an exorcism, and what is the purpose of exorcism.

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All right, So this gets to more of a philological

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explanation because in your mind, a lot of times I

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hear non Catholics say things about Catholic exorcisms and they

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and it's like sometimes when I hear them talking, I'm like,

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have you ever bothered to do I don't know, more

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than watch a movie. Have you ever bothered to actually

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study what they believe? Because everything you're saying is a misrepresentation.

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You're bearing false witness, and this is true. The I'm

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gonna I don't want to take too much of a detour,

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but I do in a sense want to go, you know,

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get up on my soapbox and go on a mini rant. Here. Look,

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I don't care if you're talking about in fact, I'll

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pick it up right here. I don't care if you're

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talking about Satanism of the Anton Levey type of Satanism

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based right here on the Satanic Bible, right have the

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Satanic Bible right here. I don't care if you're talking

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about Satanism. If you're speaking of Satanism, whether I don't

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care if it's you as an individual doing so on

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social media. I don't care if you're sitting around talking

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to your friends. And I don't care if you're behind

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a pulpit as a pastor, if you're sitting there spreading lies, misinformation,

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and bearing false witness, that's a sin. I don't care.

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It's wrong. You can't just throw out gossip, rumor in

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the window, half truths. I don't care. If it's about Catholicism.

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I don't care. If it's about Islam, I don't care

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if it's about Satanism. You either speak the truth or

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don't speak. That's the way it should be. Now. It's

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one thing to think you know, speak, realize you don't know,

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and go back and correct. That's a mistake. But it's

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just when people start speaking as if they're experts on something,

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is like, what are you even talking about? That's not

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even the way, that's not even remotely accurate. And it

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doesn't matter what doctrinal system you're referring to. If you

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hate Calvinism, when you speak of it, at least speak

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of it fairly, accurately represent it in a correct way.

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Calvinist perspective, at least be honest with it, speak of

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it carefully. It doesn't matter the philological system. We have

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to do that. So that's why we're going to try

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to look at official documents within the Catholic Church, the Catechism,

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the Right of Exorcism, and other official church documents, so

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that we can at least try to have an understanding

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of it from a truthful perspective. All right, so let's

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try to define and understand the purpose of exorcism within

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a Catholic perspective. I'm trying to make sure i'm explaining that, Okay,

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I am not saying whether I agree or disagree. You'll

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obviously if I disagree, you will hear. But I obviously

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don't agree with everything the Catholic Church teaches in regards

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to exorcism because it's very very much based on a

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sacramental system, right, especially what they call a minor exorcism,

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which is baptism, which we'll talk about here in a minute.

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Are you ready, Let's define exorcism. Our definition exorcism is

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a sacramental right. Told you, it's a sacramental system. It's

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a sacramental right by which the Church and the name

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of Jesus Christ liberates a per person object from demonic

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influence or possession, now I believe. Let me look here

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at the Catechism. I think it also mentions a place. Yes, okay,

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I was getting ready, I was getting ready to quote

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from I should have just taken the full quote from

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the Catechism. I was trying to summarize it. But it

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does deal with a person and object, but it also

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deals with the place. So let me quote from sixteen

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seventy three in the Catholic Catechism. Certain blessings have a

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lasting importance because they consecrate. Oh no, come sorry, paragraph

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sixteen seventy three. I'm reading sixteen seventy two. We don't

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need we don't need that context here, all right, sixteen

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seventy three, Right here we go. When the Church ask

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publicly and authoritatively, in the name of Jesus Christ, that

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a person or object, well, it doesn't name place here.

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It doesn't mean place. I thought it named place. Hmm. Okay,

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see that's what sixteen seventy two mentions places. Sixteen seventy

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two mentions places. But that's dealing more with blessings, not exorcism.

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So sixteen seventy three does just mention person and object.

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All right, here we go sixteen seventy three. When the

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Church asks publicly and authoritatively in the name of Jesus Christ,

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that a person or object be protected against the power

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of the evil One and withdrawn from his dominion, it

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is called exorcism. So that's why I didn't put place

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down in the notes, because the catechism doesn't mention place,

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but in my mind I want to include place there.

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But it's person and object. So when the Church, so

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when the Church in the name of Jesus Christ right

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authoritatively in the name of Jesus Christ, a person or

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object be protected against the power of the evil One

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and withdrawn from his dominion. So you have this object,

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or you have this person, and you ask authoritatively in

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the name of Jesus that they be protected and be

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withdrawn from the dominion of Satan. That is an exorcism.

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You have a person, you have an object. Then the

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Church and the name of Jesus, in an authoritative way

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asked for that person and object to be protected and

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withdrawn from the dominion of Satan. That is an exorcism.

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Within Catholicism, let me read it this way. An exorcism

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is a sacramental rite by which the Church in the

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name of Jesus Christ liberates a person or object from

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demonic influence or possession. So we have an even from

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a Catholic definition, even asking for the person to be

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protected from the influence of a demon or to be

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removed from the dominion of influence, that too could be

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classified as an exorcism, not just removing someone from dominion

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as far as possession is concerned. So that is the

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definition of exorcism within Catholicism. What is the purpose? Well,

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I think you just you now know the purpose, right.

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The purpose is to free the individual from the influence

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of the devil and to affirm the victory of Christ

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over evil. So it's to the purpose is to free

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the individual I'm gonna say from it from influence or possession.

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Influence or possession, because the whole idea in exorcism is

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the Church authoritatively, in the name of Jesus Christ ask

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for a person or object to be protected or to

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be withdrawn from the demon of Satan, and that dominion

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refers to influence or possession. So the purpose in exorcism

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is to free an individual from the influence or possession

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of the devil and to affirm the victory of Christ.

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Over evil. That's that's as accurate as I can possibly

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be about that. And I apologize that I almost inserted

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the word place there. I still feel that there are

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some sources that mentions places. But what we will have

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to get into for now, the official documents just mentions

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objects and people. Right now, the Catechism of the Catholic Church,

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I'm going to read all of sixteen seventy three. Now,

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the entire paragraph. I'm going to read the entire paragraph right,

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sixteen seventy three. This is the p If you want

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to understand Catholic teaching on exorcisms, you need paragraph sixteen

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seventy three. I'm going to read the entire thing. Here

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we go. When the Church asks publicly and authoritatively, in

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the name of Jesus Christ, that a person or object

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be protected against the power of the evil one and

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withdrawn from his dominion, it is or his dominion, it

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is called exorcism. Jesus performed exorcisms, and from him the

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Church has received the power and office of exercising. In

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a simple form, exorcism is performed at the celebration of baptism.

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So I want to make sure we understand this in

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a simple form within Catholicism and Catholic theology, a simple

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exorcism is performed at the celebration of baptism. Now why

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because they see baptism as a sacrament. It's salvafic right.

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It washes away the original sin from an individual. It

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brings them into salvation. It brings them, it removes them

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from the dominion of Satan and brings them into the

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dominion of God. Baptism is not symbolic is it's actually effectual.

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It's doing something. It's a means of grace. It's washing

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away sin and bringing salvation. So you take a person,

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they are baptized, they are being then seen as being

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protected and withdrawn from the dominion of Satan. They are

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now in a state of grace. Now, what you have

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to remember within Catholicism is there in a state of grace.

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in a sense is destroyed or lost. Now they are

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vulnerable for demonic influence and possession. In a sense, they

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have returned back to the dominion of Satan. That's why

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if a mortal sin is the and within Catholicism is

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the door that opens them up for demonic possession, So

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then they would have to go to you know, to

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confession and try to return back to a state of grace, right,

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because mortal sin destroys that. But baptism is the key. Right,

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baptism is a is an exorcism by definition. Right, Baptism

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within Catholicism is an exorcism because it's salvific, it's affect

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what's doing something. It's a means of grace, so that

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person is being protected and withdrawn from the dominion of Satan. So,

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in one sense, a baptism is an exorcism right now,

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that's what's called a simple form. A solemn exorcism, called

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a major exorcism, can be performed only by a priest

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and with the permission of the bishop. The priest must

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proceed with prudence, strictly observing the rules established by the Church.

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Exorcism is directed at the expulsion of demons or to

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the liberation from demonic possession through the spiritual authority which

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Jesus entrusted to his Church. Illness, especially psychological illness, is

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a very different matter, treating this as the concern of

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medical science. Therefore, before an exorcism is performed, it is

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important to ascertain that one is dealing with the presence

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of the evil one and not an illness. So within

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the Catholic system, you can't just say, oh, that person

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is demonically possessed. They have to go through a psychological

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eventaluation to ascertain is this a psychological problem? Should this

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be resolved by medical science, by psychology or does this

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go beyond that? And is this now really the influence

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of demons or Satan? Is this possession? What is this

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some form of oppression? What is going on here? But

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in simple forms, the definition is you take a person,

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you take an object, and the Church authoritatively, in the

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name of Jesus, seeks the protection and removal of that

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person or object from the dominion of Satan. That's an exorcism.

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There's a simple form, and there's a solemn form, a

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major form. You can say minor major. The minor is baptism.

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think of one occurring, or at least having some idea.

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The purpose is obvious to free the individual from the influence,

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from the possession of the devil, and to affirm the

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victory of Christ. And the key paragraph is sixteen seventy three,

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sixteen seventy three. So there's the purpose, or there's the

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definition and the purpose of exorcism. Now, the types of exorcism.

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I've already given this away a little bit, but let

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me just state it as its own specific point. The

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types of exorcism. Number one, a simple exorcism often used

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in the rights of baptism and other blessings where the

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prayer is for protection and the renunciation of Satan and sin.

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asking for protection of someone from Satan, that's a simple

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exorcism as well. So it could be a baptism, it

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could be a blessing over a person or an object.

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That's a simple exorcism. People don't understand that. They see, oh,

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you know, you're you're speaking and then the demon is speaking. No,

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it could be simply a blessing or a baptism, and

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that's a form of exorcism. So anyone who's been baptized

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as a baby in the Roman Catholic Church, you went

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through a simple exorcism. That was an exorcism. So if

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you were if you were born in a Catholic family

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and baptized as a baby. You can tell everyone you've

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gone through an exorcism, right, and I'll be like, oh,

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you have tell me all about it. Well, I don't

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remember much. I was eight days old and water was

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put on my head. What are you talking about? That's

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a simple form of exorcism. Or if you've ever received

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a blessing from a priest, like if you are a

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non Catholic and you go to Mass when it's time

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for the eu Christ, you can go forward and if

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you'll stand there, cross your you know, like your right

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hand on your left shoulder, your left hand on your

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right shoulder, and just put your hands there. Right, you're you're, you're,

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you're coming, demonstrating that you you know, you cannot partake

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of eu Christ because you're not a Catholic. But the

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priest will then offer you a blessing. Well, that blessing,

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depending on what is said, could be a form of exorcism.

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Does that make sense. That's a simple exorcism, right. And

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for example and the right of baptism, it is there's

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something along the lines like do you reject Satan in

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all his works? So baptism, there's a formula there, there's

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a rite in there where that type of thing is stated. Now,

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a major exorcism, or sometimes refer to as a solemn exorcism,

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this is used when there is an evidence of demonic possession.

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This can only be performed by a priest authorized by

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basically the bishop in charge of that diocese. The diocesan

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bishop is the only one who can authorize. It can't

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just be authorized by anyone. There's got to be an

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it's got to be authorized. And there's that's why I

457
00:31:08.680 --> 00:31:11.359
always fought the Catholic Church. It didn't come across so

458
00:31:12.680 --> 00:31:15.079
like sometimes in the President. Sure, anybody can just oh,

459
00:31:15.119 --> 00:31:17.240
you got a demon and an ima Jesus and you

460
00:31:17.319 --> 00:31:19.119
just start and he's like, what is happening here? There's

461
00:31:19.200 --> 00:31:23.079
no structure, it's just a it's just the wild, wild West.

462
00:31:23.079 --> 00:31:26.240
At least within Catholicism, there's a structure. There's a hierarchy,

463
00:31:26.279 --> 00:31:30.759
there's there's rules, there's there's something governing it. I may

464
00:31:30.799 --> 00:31:33.559
not agree with the theology, but at least that's why

465
00:31:33.599 --> 00:31:38.279
I always felt more intrigued by it. Uh. Now they

466
00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:41.920
quote from again, what do you guess what they're gonna

467
00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:45.640
quote from the Catholic Catechism, paragraph sixteen seventy three. I'm

468
00:31:45.640 --> 00:31:49.920
telling you sixteen seventy three know that paragraph. Right, here

469
00:31:49.920 --> 00:31:53.559
we go. The solemn exorcism, called a major exorcism, can

470
00:31:53.599 --> 00:31:56.640
be performed only by a priest and with the permission

471
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of the bishop. The priest. Let's proceed with prudence, strictly

472
00:32:02.839 --> 00:32:09.720
observing the rules established by the Church. So we've got

473
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the definition and purpose of an exorcism. We've got the

474
00:32:13.319 --> 00:32:18.279
types of exorcisms, which is simple and solemn, or minor

475
00:32:18.400 --> 00:32:22.240
and major. Minor and major probably not their language, but

476
00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:25.880
simple and solemn would be more the Catholic language. Right

477
00:32:26.319 --> 00:32:31.240
then number three, the role of the of faith and sacraments.

478
00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:38.640
Exorcism relies on the faith of the person being exercised

479
00:32:39.119 --> 00:32:44.119
and the Catholic and the Church's intercessory power. The individual

480
00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:49.240
is encouraged to participate in the sacraments, especially confession and

481
00:32:49.400 --> 00:32:54.200
the Eucharist. So faith is important in the individual, and

482
00:32:54.279 --> 00:32:57.880
of course that faith in is to be exercised in

483
00:32:57.960 --> 00:33:02.079
the care and partaking in the sacraments and in confession,

484
00:33:02.359 --> 00:33:07.799
so that would be a major part of everything. What

485
00:33:07.880 --> 00:33:11.599
are the role of prayer and the sacraments within it?

486
00:33:12.079 --> 00:33:19.000
Sacraments such as Holy water, crucifixes and prayers and prayers

487
00:33:19.119 --> 00:33:23.119
invoking God's protection. All of those things would be utilized. Right,

488
00:33:23.359 --> 00:33:25.680
So you have the role of faith a person believed,

489
00:33:25.880 --> 00:33:31.160
and then you have sacraments or sacrament tolls that's another word.

490
00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:36.799
So sacraments would obviously the sacrament could be the Eucharist, right,

491
00:33:37.400 --> 00:33:41.880
sacrament tolls would be holy water, a crucifix, and prayers

492
00:33:41.960 --> 00:33:47.000
invoking God's protection. Right, or the sacramentals would actually be

493
00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:50.400
holy water, crucifixes, and the prayer would be the prayers.

494
00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:53.880
You get the idea right now. This is from paragraph

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sixteen seventy three. The celebration of exorcism should be accompanied

496
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by sacrament, mental confession, holy communion, and especially by prayer

497
00:34:04.759 --> 00:34:10.519
and fasting. So you have the role of faith. I

498
00:34:10.599 --> 00:34:13.119
think you could call this the role of faith. Sacraments

499
00:34:13.159 --> 00:34:20.440
and sacramentals. These are objects things like holy water, a crucifix,

500
00:34:20.679 --> 00:34:24.760
those things would be utilized in it. Right. So Number one,

501
00:34:24.800 --> 00:34:28.599
we have the definition and purpose within Catholicism. Number two,

502
00:34:28.599 --> 00:34:31.079
we have the types of exorcism. We would call it

503
00:34:31.360 --> 00:34:35.840
simple and solemn. Number three the role of faith and sacraments.

504
00:34:36.119 --> 00:34:39.679
The person needs to have faith. There needs to be

505
00:34:39.719 --> 00:34:44.280
partaking in confession in the Eucharist, and then sacramentos would

506
00:34:44.320 --> 00:34:47.639
be holy water, crucifix, and then of course the need

507
00:34:47.679 --> 00:34:54.400
for prayer. How about the signs of demonic influence. There's

508
00:34:54.440 --> 00:35:01.280
a criteria for for possession within Roman Catholicism, right, the

509
00:35:01.400 --> 00:35:06.039
church has guidelines to determine if an individual is possessed.

510
00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:10.800
There are clear guidelines that says, okay, these guidelines must

511
00:35:10.880 --> 00:35:13.599
be met to determine if a person is possessed. Here

512
00:35:13.679 --> 00:35:19.599
are these all, right? Number one, aversion to sacred objects.

513
00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:23.159
A person has an aversion to any sacred object. They

514
00:35:23.400 --> 00:35:25.280
get it away from a kind of thing. I know

515
00:35:25.280 --> 00:35:29.000
that's very Hollywood, but this is one of the criteria.

516
00:35:29.079 --> 00:35:33.280
They would have an aversion of sacred objects. Knowledge of

517
00:35:33.519 --> 00:35:39.159
hidden things. The person demonstrates knowledge of something that they

518
00:35:39.239 --> 00:35:43.079
should not know, for example. Again, this all started because

519
00:35:43.119 --> 00:35:45.880
of the podcast The Exorcist Files. If you go to

520
00:35:46.320 --> 00:35:49.960
episode one, I think it happens in neither episode one

521
00:35:51.280 --> 00:35:55.159
or episode two, because it's two parts. The woman who

522
00:35:55.639 --> 00:35:59.039
the husband brings a priest to try to meet with her,

523
00:35:59.639 --> 00:36:02.480
she has has no idea that this man is being

524
00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:06.039
brought to the house. He's not wearing his clerical collar,

525
00:36:06.119 --> 00:36:08.639
he's not wearing. He's just wearing jeans and a T shirt.

526
00:36:08.840 --> 00:36:11.719
And as soon as he walks in the house, she

527
00:36:12.320 --> 00:36:15.519
in a demonic voice refers to him as a priest

528
00:36:15.639 --> 00:36:17.679
and was like, well, how did she know he's a priest.

529
00:36:18.480 --> 00:36:23.119
Their claim is that knowledge was hidden, so therefore that

530
00:36:23.159 --> 00:36:26.800
would be an example of hidden knowledge. So so we

531
00:36:26.840 --> 00:36:30.719
have an aversion to sacred objects, knowledge of hidden things,

532
00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:36.840
and supernatural strength. All right, so here's some of the

533
00:36:36.880 --> 00:36:40.159
things that some of their guidelines are. Right, So here's

534
00:36:40.199 --> 00:36:43.199
their criteria for possession. Right, this is number four the

535
00:36:43.239 --> 00:36:45.599
sign of demonic influence. If I said that there are four,

536
00:36:46.400 --> 00:36:49.639
these are the signs given a version to a sacred object,

537
00:36:49.760 --> 00:36:54.480
knowledge of hidden things, and supernatural spray strength. And this

538
00:36:54.559 --> 00:37:00.239
comes from a book called ritual Romanem ritual Romanem. And

539
00:37:00.320 --> 00:37:02.679
this is like the book if you really want to

540
00:37:02.719 --> 00:37:08.960
get the source book on Catholic exorcism, ritual Romanum. It

541
00:37:09.039 --> 00:37:13.960
is spelled ritual r t u a l e r

542
00:37:14.119 --> 00:37:18.239
I t u a l e Romanem r O m

543
00:37:18.599 --> 00:37:24.519
a n um ritual romanem. And please note and it's

544
00:37:24.639 --> 00:37:27.920
I think most say it ritual Romanem. If you look

545
00:37:28.000 --> 00:37:32.920
at you almost want to say rituel, but Ritual Romanem.

546
00:37:33.199 --> 00:37:35.400
If you look it up, you can find it online

547
00:37:35.760 --> 00:37:38.039
and it's an available in PDF file, or you can

548
00:37:38.079 --> 00:37:42.159
look on Amazon and buy a physical copy Ritual Romanem.

549
00:37:42.159 --> 00:37:45.880
If my memory serves me right, there are three volumes.

550
00:37:46.840 --> 00:37:50.519
The first volume is the Sacraments. The second volume I

551
00:37:50.519 --> 00:37:54.519
think has blessings and exorcism. So volume two would be

552
00:37:54.599 --> 00:37:57.320
the one you would want. I don't have it in

553
00:37:57.360 --> 00:37:59.440
front of me, but that's the one you want. Or

554
00:37:59.480 --> 00:38:04.239
you can look Ritual Romanem. I think Ritual Romanem exorcism,

555
00:38:04.320 --> 00:38:07.320
and you can probably find a PDF file of just

556
00:38:07.920 --> 00:38:13.480
the part about exorcism. In Ritual Romanem, it lists behaviors

557
00:38:13.480 --> 00:38:18.320
and phenomenon associated with demonic possession, emphasizing careful discernment by

558
00:38:18.400 --> 00:38:21.800
the priests. So in Ritual Romanem you get a list

559
00:38:21.840 --> 00:38:25.320
of all the behaviors to look for. But the main

560
00:38:25.360 --> 00:38:29.639
ones is an aversion to sacred objects, knowledge of hidden things,

561
00:38:29.880 --> 00:38:33.199
and supernatural strength, some kind of strength that no, but

562
00:38:33.280 --> 00:38:39.599
there's no explanation for right, So let's go through these again.

563
00:38:40.000 --> 00:38:43.639
We've looked at the definition and purpose of exorcism. Now,

564
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if I had people in front of me, I would

565
00:38:45.239 --> 00:38:49.880
have everyone repeat the things I have said for review purposes,

566
00:38:49.960 --> 00:38:54.320
so hopefully you can do the review yourself. There the

567
00:38:54.360 --> 00:38:58.920
definition and purpose of exorcism. Number two, the types of exorcism,

568
00:38:59.039 --> 00:39:02.079
and that's a simple one review, simple and solemn. Number

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three the role of faith and sacraments and sacramentals. Right,

570
00:39:08.400 --> 00:39:11.000
so we have all of that. We have the signs

571
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of demonic influence, which is number four. But that doesn't

572
00:39:13.280 --> 00:39:17.280
mean there are four signs, but signs of demonic influence

573
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and their criteria, and that includes aversion of sacred objects,

574
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knowledge of hidden things, and supernatural strength. Number five Procedures

575
00:39:28.400 --> 00:39:39.400
and precautions and exorcism procedures and precautions and exorcism. Let's

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start with authorization. Only a priest with explicit permission from

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00:39:45.639 --> 00:39:49.760
the bishop may perform a major exorcism. Now please note

578
00:39:49.800 --> 00:39:54.320
a major exorcism. Obviously, any normal priest can do a

579
00:39:54.360 --> 00:39:56.880
minor exorcism, which would be carrying out the right of

580
00:39:56.920 --> 00:40:03.280
baptism or a blessing. So a major exorcism or a

581
00:40:03.639 --> 00:40:10.239
solemn exorcism requires the permission or the giving the right

582
00:40:10.320 --> 00:40:14.960
to do so by the bishop. All right, he must

583
00:40:15.039 --> 00:40:22.480
get explicit permission, explicit permissions. So when we talk about

584
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the procedures and percusions. We start with authorization number two.

585
00:40:26.440 --> 00:40:32.320
We go to discernment. The Church urges caution as psychological

586
00:40:32.440 --> 00:40:38.280
issues must be ruled out before diagnosing possession. You cannot

587
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say someone is possessed in the Catholic system until psychological

588
00:40:44.960 --> 00:40:48.920
issues have been completely ruled out. The psychological issues must

589
00:40:49.000 --> 00:40:51.840
be ruled out before you can proceed to say and

590
00:40:51.960 --> 00:40:55.239
diagnose this person is possessed. That's the way it's supposed

591
00:40:55.280 --> 00:40:58.079
to work. I do like those guidelines on it, right,

592
00:40:58.400 --> 00:41:01.480
I do like those guidelines because two many times in

593
00:41:01.519 --> 00:41:05.079
the non Catholic world, especially those who really go into

594
00:41:05.159 --> 00:41:09.760
spiritual warfare and demonic possession. Man, they're claiming any that

595
00:41:09.800 --> 00:41:12.519
person is possessed, that person is. And sometimes it could

596
00:41:12.519 --> 00:41:15.280
be they could be seeing a child is possessed who's

597
00:41:15.519 --> 00:41:18.239
just having psychological issues, and next thing you know, the

598
00:41:18.320 --> 00:41:20.440
child's being told to have a demon. I mean that

599
00:41:20.480 --> 00:41:24.119
would be that would be some really damaging things to occur.

600
00:41:25.079 --> 00:41:31.599
Right now, quoting from ritual romanem I quote ritual romanom

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here we go. He should not easily believe that a

602
00:41:34.519 --> 00:41:37.239
person is possessed by an evil spirit. He should be

603
00:41:37.280 --> 00:41:40.760
fully informed about certain signs by which a person a

604
00:41:40.800 --> 00:41:44.840
person possessed can be distinguished from those or from one

605
00:41:44.880 --> 00:41:49.440
who suffers from some illness, especially one of psychological nature.

606
00:41:49.559 --> 00:41:53.360
That's Ritual Romanem. Again, that's the book if you want,

607
00:41:53.840 --> 00:41:57.400
I mean, the Catechism is key, paragraph sixteen seventy three,

608
00:41:57.440 --> 00:42:00.320
but Ritual Romanem is the book if you really want

609
00:42:00.320 --> 00:42:05.679
to understand the Catholic system of exorcism. Right, so, there's

610
00:42:05.800 --> 00:42:11.039
procedures and precautions. The procedure you need authorization, you need discernment,

611
00:42:11.360 --> 00:42:17.599
and the precaution is ensure that they have been psychologically

612
00:42:17.639 --> 00:42:23.679
examined to ascertain whether it's an actual possession or not. Now,

613
00:42:23.760 --> 00:42:29.920
the power of Christ and exorcism, the right of exorcism

614
00:42:29.920 --> 00:42:34.519
within Catholicism supposedly draws on the power of Jesus, who

615
00:42:34.559 --> 00:42:39.920
defeated Satan through his death and resurrection. During the rite

616
00:42:40.159 --> 00:42:46.280
of exorcism, the priests invokes Christ's authority, commanding the demon

617
00:42:46.639 --> 00:42:52.519
to depart. Once again, we go to paragraph sixteen seventy three,

618
00:42:52.840 --> 00:42:56.880
not sixteen seventy two, sixteen seventy three of the Catholic Catechism,

619
00:42:57.000 --> 00:42:59.599
which I have right here opened before me, quoting from

620
00:42:59.639 --> 00:43:03.159
part of it. In exorcisms, the Church presents Christ as

621
00:43:03.239 --> 00:43:07.079
victor over the evil One, calling upon him for deliverance

622
00:43:07.480 --> 00:43:14.960
from the spirits who are a hostile to humanity. Number

623
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seven the role of the community and the intercession of

624
00:43:19.519 --> 00:43:24.920
the saints. The church encourages the faithful to pray and

625
00:43:25.400 --> 00:43:32.559
fast for those undergoing exorcisms. Invocation of saints. The priest

626
00:43:32.679 --> 00:43:36.679
often evokes saints and angels for their intercession. Now this

627
00:43:36.679 --> 00:43:39.800
just gets into a Catholic view that we would strongly

628
00:43:39.840 --> 00:43:42.400
disagree with. But this would be like pray to the saints,

629
00:43:42.800 --> 00:43:46.960
invoke the angels, pray for all of these other individuals

630
00:43:47.559 --> 00:43:52.000
to we pray to them, seeking their intercession on our behalf.

631
00:43:52.039 --> 00:43:54.559
That's you know, we could get into a whole discussion

632
00:43:54.559 --> 00:43:59.159
how Catholics would explain that, but yes, they would bring

633
00:43:59.280 --> 00:44:05.039
that all into it. Ritual Romanem contains specific litanies and

634
00:44:05.159 --> 00:44:08.320
prayers that call upon saints to assist in the exorcism.

635
00:44:08.480 --> 00:44:10.480
So if you look at ritual Romanom, you're going to

636
00:44:10.519 --> 00:44:13.280
have these litanies, these prayers to this saint or to

637
00:44:13.360 --> 00:44:16.320
this or to this in order to help during the

638
00:44:16.440 --> 00:44:22.239
right of exorcism. So there's the role of the community.

639
00:44:23.119 --> 00:44:26.639
The community and they say that the community of the

640
00:44:26.639 --> 00:44:30.000
faith involves those present on earth and those in heaven.

641
00:44:30.239 --> 00:44:31.960
And just as you could go to the people on

642
00:44:32.039 --> 00:44:35.440
earth and say pray and intercede for this, you can

643
00:44:35.480 --> 00:44:37.880
go to those in heaven and say pray and intercede

644
00:44:37.880 --> 00:44:42.239
for this. That's how they would somewhat try to justify

645
00:44:42.280 --> 00:44:48.159
that idea. All right, limitations and respect for freedom Number eight.

646
00:44:49.800 --> 00:44:53.639
The Church respects the dignity and freedom of each individual.

647
00:44:54.079 --> 00:45:02.159
Avoiding coercive or violent practices is not a magical cure,

648
00:45:02.719 --> 00:45:07.199
but a sacramental aid to encourage a life of faith.

649
00:45:07.599 --> 00:45:12.679
The Catholic Church would say, avoid superstition. Do not bring

650
00:45:12.719 --> 00:45:18.480
your superstitions to the concept of exorcism. Leave your superstitions

651
00:45:18.639 --> 00:45:24.840
out of it. Now. This comes from another church document,

652
00:45:25.320 --> 00:45:33.239
Instruction on Exorcism and Prayers for Healing. Instruction on Exorcism

653
00:45:33.719 --> 00:45:38.440
and Prayers for Healing. The Church warns against superstition and

654
00:45:38.519 --> 00:45:43.320
highlights the exorcism as a genuine practice rooted in faith

655
00:45:43.840 --> 00:45:49.639
and doctrine. Now, what are the key texts for exorcism.

656
00:45:49.719 --> 00:45:52.840
I'm kind of giving them away. The Catechism of the

657
00:45:52.840 --> 00:46:00.280
Catholic Church, mainly paragraphs sixteen seventy three Ritual Romanum, the

658
00:46:00.320 --> 00:46:05.880
official book containing the Right of Exorcism, the Congregation for

659
00:46:05.960 --> 00:46:11.159
the Doctrine of the Faith, Instruction on Exorcism, and Prayers

660
00:46:11.199 --> 00:46:15.440
for Healing. This outline represents the official and careful, controlled

661
00:46:15.440 --> 00:46:19.079
approach of the Catholic Church towards exorcism, balancing respect for

662
00:46:19.159 --> 00:46:24.480
the individual, adherence to doctrine, and the invocation of Christ's

663
00:46:24.760 --> 00:46:36.239
power over evil. Now there is a basic overview of

664
00:46:36.280 --> 00:46:40.920
the Catholic Church's teaching on exorcism. You want to go

665
00:46:41.000 --> 00:46:44.760
through all of those points one more time. Number one,

666
00:46:44.840 --> 00:46:48.559
definition and purpose. I think I've made that very abundantly clear.

667
00:46:48.800 --> 00:46:52.400
We understand the definition and purpose. Number two, the types

668
00:46:52.440 --> 00:46:57.199
of exorcism very easy to remember, simple and solemn, are

669
00:46:57.679 --> 00:47:01.840
minor and major. Right three, the role of faith and

670
00:47:01.880 --> 00:47:08.280
sacraments and sacramentals. Number four, the signs of demonic influence.

671
00:47:08.960 --> 00:47:12.159
All right, And there's a criteria that must be met,

672
00:47:12.960 --> 00:47:16.079
procedures and precautions. It must be an the priests must

673
00:47:16.159 --> 00:47:19.719
have authorization. You've got to discern to see make sure

674
00:47:19.760 --> 00:47:22.800
this is not a psychological issue. And the precaution is

675
00:47:22.840 --> 00:47:26.039
you've got to ensure that the person has been psychologically

676
00:47:26.079 --> 00:47:31.159
examined before you can diagnose possession. The power of Christ

677
00:47:31.199 --> 00:47:35.039
and exorcism. Christ is the conqueror of evil. The right

678
00:47:35.119 --> 00:47:37.800
draws on the power of Jesus, all right, the role

679
00:47:37.880 --> 00:47:40.800
of community and the intercession of the saints. People are

680
00:47:40.840 --> 00:47:42.920
to pray and fast, but they would also pray to

681
00:47:43.079 --> 00:47:47.559
saints and to angels. Number eight. Limitation and respect for freedom.

682
00:47:47.800 --> 00:47:49.559
In other words, you've got to there's got to be

683
00:47:49.599 --> 00:47:52.679
some respect and dignity for the person. And there's no

684
00:47:52.880 --> 00:47:57.320
coercive or violent practices here. There's no trying to coerce

685
00:47:57.360 --> 00:48:00.800
someone or or using some violent practice. And you must

686
00:48:00.880 --> 00:48:05.719
avoid superstition. Within exorcism, the key text the Catechism of

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the Catholic Church, Ritual Romanum, the Congregation for the Doctrine

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of the Faith, Instruction on Exorcism and Prayers for Healing.

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Now we got a little bit of time. Let's look

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at some of the key paragraphs in the Catechism of

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00:48:21.800 --> 00:48:28.239
the Catholic Church that addresses demonic possession, right, and exorcism. Now,

692
00:48:28.280 --> 00:48:30.679
obviously we're going to start in sixteen seventy three. Right,

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I've already read it once, We've had it quoted multiple times.

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Let me read it one more time. Catholic Catechism sixteen

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seventy three. This is the paragraph I quote. When the

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Church asks publicly and authoritatively, in the name of Jesus Christ,

697
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that a person or object be protected against the power

698
00:48:55.199 --> 00:49:00.159
of the evil One and withdrawn from his dominion, it

699
00:49:00.199 --> 00:49:07.400
is called exorcism. Jesus performed exorcisms and from the Church

700
00:49:07.519 --> 00:49:12.800
has received the power and office of exercising. In a

701
00:49:13.039 --> 00:49:17.519
simple form, exorcism is performed at the celebration of baptism.

702
00:49:18.159 --> 00:49:22.639
The solemn exorcism, called a major exorcism, can be performed

703
00:49:22.719 --> 00:49:26.599
only by a priest and with the permission of the bishop.

704
00:49:27.079 --> 00:49:30.639
The priest must proceed with prudence and strictly observe the

705
00:49:30.719 --> 00:49:36.599
rules establishing established by the Church. Exorcism is a direct

706
00:49:36.960 --> 00:49:40.679
is directed at the expulsion of demons or to the

707
00:49:40.719 --> 00:49:46.280
liberation from demonic possession through spiritual authority which Jesus entrusted

708
00:49:46.280 --> 00:49:52.320
to his Church. Illness, especially psychological illness, is very different matter,

709
00:49:52.679 --> 00:49:56.320
treating this as the concern of medical science. Therefore, before

710
00:49:56.400 --> 00:50:00.639
exorcism is performed, it is important to ascertain that one

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00:50:00.760 --> 00:50:04.400
is dealing with the presence of the evil One and

712
00:50:04.519 --> 00:50:11.840
not an illness Now you'll notice, depending on your copy

713
00:50:12.199 --> 00:50:17.639
of the Catechism to the right, there are three cross

714
00:50:17.719 --> 00:50:24.199
references paragraph three ninety five, paragraph three point fifty, and

715
00:50:24.280 --> 00:50:29.639
paragraph twelve thirty seven. So let's look at these cross

716
00:50:29.679 --> 00:50:35.840
references to the main paragraph about exorcism. Right, So let's

717
00:50:35.840 --> 00:50:46.039
go to paragraph three ninety five. We read this paragraph

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00:50:46.119 --> 00:50:49.679
three ninety five from the Catholic Catechism. Here we go.

719
00:50:49.800 --> 00:50:56.760
The power of Satan is nonetheless not infinite. He is

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only a creature, powerful from the fact that he is

721
00:51:00.440 --> 00:51:04.480
pure spirit, but still a creature. He cannot prevent the

722
00:51:04.519 --> 00:51:08.400
building up of God's reign. Although Satan may act in

723
00:51:08.440 --> 00:51:11.280
the world out of hatred for God and his kingdom

724
00:51:11.360 --> 00:51:15.599
in Christ Jesus, and although his action may cause grave

725
00:51:15.719 --> 00:51:19.960
injuries of a spiritual nature and indirectly even of a

726
00:51:20.000 --> 00:51:23.960
physical nature to each man and to society, the action

727
00:51:24.119 --> 00:51:28.119
is permitted by divine providence, which, with strength and gentleness,

728
00:51:28.119 --> 00:51:32.079
guides human and cosmic history. It is a great mystery

729
00:51:32.559 --> 00:51:40.599
that Providence should permit diabolical activity, but we know that

730
00:51:40.719 --> 00:51:45.800
in everything God works for good for those who love him.

731
00:51:46.039 --> 00:51:48.800
So it talks about what Satan can do. But please

732
00:51:48.880 --> 00:51:54.039
note it states that this to each man and to society.

733
00:51:54.119 --> 00:51:57.599
The action of Satan that could lead to physical and

734
00:51:57.679 --> 00:52:02.760
spiritual harm, of to grave injuries of a spiritual nature

735
00:52:02.960 --> 00:52:06.679
and indirectly even a physical nature to each man into society.

736
00:52:06.719 --> 00:52:10.840
The action is permitted by divine providence. God allows this,

737
00:52:11.840 --> 00:52:17.719
with which with strength and gentleness, guides human and cosmic history.

738
00:52:18.119 --> 00:52:21.920
God does this, and the Catechism says, it is a

739
00:52:21.960 --> 00:52:28.920
great mystery that Providence should permit diabolical activity, but we

740
00:52:29.000 --> 00:52:32.400
know that in everything God works for good with those

741
00:52:32.719 --> 00:52:41.360
who love him. That's a pretty powerful paragraph. Hey, Satan

742
00:52:41.679 --> 00:52:43.639
is limited in what he can do, but he has

743
00:52:43.840 --> 00:52:47.239
great power and strength. He can bring about some form

744
00:52:47.280 --> 00:52:52.679
of grave injury spiritually and physically. But God is the

745
00:52:52.679 --> 00:52:56.199
one who allows it. And it's a great mystery why

746
00:52:56.239 --> 00:52:59.719
he would even I love the fact that the Catechism

747
00:52:59.719 --> 00:53:03.039
at lest acknowledgeus. Hey, this is a great mystery. No

748
00:53:03.079 --> 00:53:07.519
one really understands this. So that's cross reference number one,

749
00:53:07.599 --> 00:53:11.000
and we're looking at paragraphs sixteen seventy three. That's the

750
00:53:11.039 --> 00:53:15.199
main paragraph about exorcism within Catholicism. Then they give a

751
00:53:15.199 --> 00:53:17.840
cross reference to paragraph three ninety five, which we just read.

752
00:53:18.199 --> 00:53:24.840
Now let's look at paragraph five fifty, paragraph five fifty.

753
00:53:27.320 --> 00:53:35.320
Paragraph five fifty. We read this paragraph five fifty. The

754
00:53:35.400 --> 00:53:40.639
coming of God's kingdom means the defeat of Satan's. If

755
00:53:40.719 --> 00:53:43.159
it is by the spirit of God that I cast

756
00:53:43.159 --> 00:53:46.559
out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

757
00:53:47.199 --> 00:53:51.280
Jesus exorcisms free some individuals from the dominion of demons.

758
00:53:51.760 --> 00:53:55.519
They anticipate Jesus great victory over the rule of this world.

759
00:53:55.800 --> 00:53:59.360
The Kingdom of God will be definitively established through Christ's cross.

760
00:53:59.760 --> 00:54:05.440
God God reigned from the wood. That's the quote. So

761
00:54:05.519 --> 00:54:07.920
let me read that again, paragraph five point fifty. The

762
00:54:07.960 --> 00:54:11.880
coming of God's kingdom means the defeat of Satan's. If

763
00:54:11.960 --> 00:54:14.440
it is by the spirit of God that I cast

764
00:54:14.440 --> 00:54:18.360
out demons, then the Kingdom of God has come upon you.

765
00:54:19.480 --> 00:54:24.480
Jesus exorcisms free some individuals from the dominion of demons.

766
00:54:24.840 --> 00:54:28.320
They anticipate Jesus great victory over the rule of the world.

767
00:54:28.639 --> 00:54:34.159
The kingdom of God will be definitively established through christ cross.

768
00:54:34.719 --> 00:54:38.000
So the Kingdom of God will be established because through

769
00:54:38.119 --> 00:54:41.039
the cross of Christ. Therefore, the famous quote or the

770
00:54:41.119 --> 00:54:45.480
quote that's in the catechism, God reigned from the wood.

771
00:54:45.639 --> 00:54:51.960
Or from the cross. Right, that's cross reference five fifty.

772
00:54:53.480 --> 00:55:03.360
Now cross reference paragraph twelve thirty seven. Twelve thirty seven.

773
00:55:05.440 --> 00:55:12.079
We read this twelve thirty seven. Since baptism signifies liberation

774
00:55:12.280 --> 00:55:16.719
from sin and from its instigator, the devil, one or

775
00:55:16.719 --> 00:55:21.480
more exorcisms are pronounced over the candidate. The celebrant then

776
00:55:21.519 --> 00:55:25.280
anoints him with the oil of catacumbins or lays his

777
00:55:25.320 --> 00:55:31.320
hands on him, and he explains explicitly renounces Satan. Thus prepared,

778
00:55:31.400 --> 00:55:33.559
he is able to confess the faith of the Church

779
00:55:33.800 --> 00:55:38.760
to which he will be entrusted by baptism. All right,

780
00:55:38.840 --> 00:55:43.199
so let me read that again. Since baptism signifies liberation

781
00:55:43.400 --> 00:55:48.800
from sin and from its instigator, the devil, one or

782
00:55:48.840 --> 00:55:54.280
more exorcisms are pronounced over the candidate. That's just emphasizing

783
00:55:54.519 --> 00:55:58.880
that in baptism you have the simple or idea, the

784
00:55:58.960 --> 00:56:02.440
simple form of an exorcism. A lot of people don't

785
00:56:02.480 --> 00:56:05.119
see that, but that's an exorcism. If you go to

786
00:56:05.159 --> 00:56:08.559
a Catholic baptism, that's an exorcism. Just make sure you

787
00:56:08.639 --> 00:56:16.480
understand that. So that's a paragraph sixteen seventy three. The

788
00:56:16.480 --> 00:56:19.000
second paragraph that would typically be given as paragraph twelve

789
00:56:19.079 --> 00:56:23.239
thirty seven, which we just read a third. So actually,

790
00:56:23.800 --> 00:56:25.880
so we looked at the main paragraph sixteen seventy three,

791
00:56:25.880 --> 00:56:29.000
we looked at three cross references three ninety five, three fifty,

792
00:56:29.039 --> 00:56:31.639
and twelve thirty seven. Typically, if you have a list

793
00:56:31.679 --> 00:56:35.800
of these paragraphs, sixteen seventy three comes first, twelve thirty

794
00:56:35.840 --> 00:56:38.800
seven comes second. But since we're looking at the cross references,

795
00:56:38.800 --> 00:56:41.039
we've already looked at that. So let's go to twenty

796
00:56:41.079 --> 00:56:48.320
eight fifty one, twenty eight fifty one and the Catholic

797
00:56:48.320 --> 00:56:55.960
Catechism twenty eight point fifty one. We read this twenty

798
00:56:56.000 --> 00:57:01.360
eight fifty one, and this petition evil is not an abstraction,

799
00:57:01.920 --> 00:57:05.639
but refers to a person Satan, the evil one, the

800
00:57:05.679 --> 00:57:11.000
angel who opposes God. The devil is the one who

801
00:57:11.119 --> 00:57:14.599
throws himself across God's plan and his work of salvation

802
00:57:15.000 --> 00:57:20.679
accomplished in Christ. So paragraph twenty eight point fifty one,

803
00:57:20.800 --> 00:57:23.760
this is from speaking of the Lord's prayer and deliverance

804
00:57:24.280 --> 00:57:27.719
and discussing the petition deliver us from Evil in the

805
00:57:27.760 --> 00:57:31.079
Lord's Prayer. The Catechism reflects on the Church's prayer for

806
00:57:31.239 --> 00:57:35.639
protection from Satan and all his works, acknowledging the reality

807
00:57:35.679 --> 00:57:39.039
of evil and the Church's dependence on God's power for deliverance.

808
00:57:39.039 --> 00:57:41.280
So let me read that again. This is about the

809
00:57:41.320 --> 00:57:46.840
Lord's prayer and the petition deliver us from evil. So

810
00:57:47.119 --> 00:57:52.840
in this petition deliver us from evil, evil is not

811
00:57:53.079 --> 00:57:58.079
an abstraction, but refers to a person Satan, the evil one,

812
00:57:58.159 --> 00:58:02.039
the angel who opposes God. The devil is the one

813
00:58:02.039 --> 00:58:05.559
who throws himself across God's plan and his work of

814
00:58:05.599 --> 00:58:11.000
salvation accomplished in Christ. So to deliver us from evil

815
00:58:11.400 --> 00:58:14.360
is the idea of deliver us from the evil from Satan.

816
00:58:15.599 --> 00:58:22.599
All right, The next paragraph is paragraph three ninety one,

817
00:58:22.960 --> 00:58:32.360
paragraph three ninety one, paragraph three ninety one. Right now,

818
00:58:32.360 --> 00:58:35.960
this is a long section. We have paragraph three ninety

819
00:58:36.000 --> 00:58:39.840
one to three ninety five, paragraph three ninety one to

820
00:58:39.920 --> 00:58:43.960
three ninety five. All right, now, what I think I'm

821
00:58:44.000 --> 00:58:48.239
going to do? Yeah, I'll stop right here because we're

822
00:58:48.239 --> 00:58:50.119
in an hour. If I go to three ninety one

823
00:58:50.159 --> 00:58:52.039
to three ninety five and start trying to break this down,

824
00:58:52.079 --> 00:58:54.800
and if we start reading any cross references, well this

825
00:58:54.920 --> 00:58:58.400
is going to go even Yeah, this will go two

826
00:58:58.400 --> 00:59:01.000
hours long. So we'll stop right there. So what have

827
00:59:01.079 --> 00:59:03.280
we looked at? What have we looked at today in

828
00:59:03.320 --> 00:59:06.800
this last hour. Well, it's everything started with late last

829
00:59:06.880 --> 00:59:09.000
night broadcast where I told you about the podcast, The

830
00:59:09.039 --> 00:59:12.719
Exorcist Files, which is moving up the podcasting charts. I

831
00:59:12.760 --> 00:59:15.119
told everyone to go check it out. I listened to

832
00:59:16.119 --> 00:59:19.400
episode one, part one, and episode two, which was part two,

833
00:59:19.960 --> 00:59:24.039
and wow, crazy. So I'm like, okay. I told everyone

834
00:59:24.079 --> 00:59:26.920
to be cautious of it, to be to be skeptical,

835
00:59:27.159 --> 00:59:30.559
to look at it carefully, and just to be warned

836
00:59:30.599 --> 00:59:32.679
of the language and things about it. So I told

837
00:59:32.679 --> 00:59:34.599
everyone about all of that. We did that. I played

838
00:59:34.639 --> 00:59:37.280
the trailer, I listened to it. I mean, I mean,

839
00:59:37.320 --> 00:59:39.079
you've got to hear part one and part two. It's

840
00:59:39.159 --> 00:59:42.159
just it's crazy, right, go listen to it all right,

841
00:59:42.679 --> 00:59:46.440
But I wanted to provide broader context, right, I wanted

842
00:59:46.440 --> 00:59:49.159
to provide broader context. So what have we done? I

843
00:59:49.199 --> 00:59:52.119
wanted to look at the Catholic Church's teaching on exorcism,

844
00:59:52.360 --> 00:59:56.840
and I wanted to quote from their official text. Right,

845
00:59:57.039 --> 00:59:59.440
So what have we done? We looked at the definition

846
00:59:59.559 --> 01:00:03.400
and purpose of exorcism and the main text for that

847
01:00:03.880 --> 01:00:08.400
is the Catholic Catechism, paragraph sixteen seventy three. Look it up,

848
01:00:08.599 --> 01:00:11.000
write it down know it. That gives you kind of

849
01:00:11.039 --> 01:00:13.559
an idea of what the Catholic Church it's definition and

850
01:00:13.599 --> 01:00:20.679
purpose of exorcism. We looked at the types of exorcism, simple, solemn,

851
01:00:20.800 --> 01:00:24.360
and again which paragraph sixteen seventy three in the Catholic Catechism.

852
01:00:24.679 --> 01:00:29.199
We looked at the role of faith and sacraments and

853
01:00:29.239 --> 01:00:32.239
the role of prayer and all of these things. Again,

854
01:00:32.280 --> 01:00:36.159
what's the paragraph sixteen seventy three and the Catholic Catechism.

855
01:00:36.320 --> 01:00:39.159
We looked at number four, the signs of demonic influence.

856
01:00:39.639 --> 01:00:43.320
Criteria for possession of the Church has guidelines to determine

857
01:00:43.320 --> 01:00:46.440
if an individuals possessed. The book that we looked at

858
01:00:46.440 --> 01:00:51.559
there is Ritual Romanem Ritual Romanem, which you can find online,

859
01:00:51.599 --> 01:00:53.199
and that's the book that we kind of lay out

860
01:00:53.239 --> 01:00:56.000
some of those signs of demonic influence. We looked at

861
01:00:56.039 --> 01:00:59.800
the procedures and precautions. You need authorization, you need to

862
01:01:00.079 --> 01:01:01.920
earn it, you need to be careful that you're not

863
01:01:03.039 --> 01:01:06.840
diagnosing someone as being possessed when it's simply a psychological issue.

864
01:01:06.920 --> 01:01:10.039
And again the book is Ritual Romanem is the official

865
01:01:10.079 --> 01:01:12.440
document I pointed you to. We looked at the power

866
01:01:12.440 --> 01:01:15.960
of Christ in exorcism, and we looked at sixteen seventy

867
01:01:15.960 --> 01:01:18.920
three again in the Catholic Catechism. We looked at the

868
01:01:19.000 --> 01:01:21.880
role of community and the intercession of the saints. We

869
01:01:21.920 --> 01:01:25.360
looked at Ritual Romanem as speaking of that because it

870
01:01:25.400 --> 01:01:28.000
has the litanies and prayers that call upon the saints

871
01:01:28.000 --> 01:01:31.400
to assist. Number eight. We looked at limitations and respect

872
01:01:31.440 --> 01:01:35.760
for freedom, and we referenced Instruction on Exorcism and Prayer

873
01:01:35.800 --> 01:01:39.079
for healing. We talked about the key text the Catechism,

874
01:01:39.480 --> 01:01:43.519
Ritual Romanem, and the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith,

875
01:01:43.719 --> 01:01:49.800
Instruction on Exorcism and Prayers for healing. We covered all

876
01:01:49.840 --> 01:01:52.239
of that in an hour. Then we started looking at

877
01:01:52.360 --> 01:01:55.360
some of the key paragraphs. If you want some of

878
01:01:55.400 --> 01:02:01.519
the key paragraphs in the Catechism, sixteen seventy three, twelve

879
01:02:01.559 --> 01:02:07.599
thirty seven, twenty eight fifty one, paragraphs three ninety one

880
01:02:08.400 --> 01:02:12.679
to three ninety five. This is the Fall of the Angels.

881
01:02:12.880 --> 01:02:16.360
These paragraphs provide foundational teaching on the nature of demons.

882
01:02:16.360 --> 01:02:18.920
All right, this is the Catholic Church's teaching on this

883
01:02:19.559 --> 01:02:25.239
paragraph five point fifty, which we did read. Paragraph sixteen

884
01:02:25.400 --> 01:02:32.280
seventy four, paragraph twenty eight sixty four. Those are all

885
01:02:32.320 --> 01:02:35.760
the key paragraphs. Let me go through those again, paragraph

886
01:02:35.880 --> 01:02:41.239
sixteen seventy three, paragraph twelve thirty seven, paragraph twenty eight

887
01:02:41.400 --> 01:02:45.440
fifty one, paragraphs three ninety one to three ninety five,

888
01:02:46.079 --> 01:02:51.079
paragraph five point fifty, paragraph sixteen seventy four, and paragraph

889
01:02:51.159 --> 01:02:53.840
twenty eight sixty four. That will give you all the

890
01:02:53.920 --> 01:02:58.519
key paragraphs. The en the Catholic Catechism, but Rituel Romanam

891
01:02:59.119 --> 01:03:03.039
is really the book to go to. But you want

892
01:03:03.039 --> 01:03:06.639
the Catholic Catechism sets up the foundation. This is the

893
01:03:06.719 --> 01:03:11.960
Catholic understanding. Now you can look at it and say disagree, disagree, disagree, disagree,

894
01:03:12.360 --> 01:03:14.199
or you can go, well, this is interesting or this

895
01:03:14.320 --> 01:03:16.679
is interesting and how do how does that apply to

896
01:03:16.840 --> 01:03:19.119
how we view things? How do you view things? Just

897
01:03:19.239 --> 01:03:23.000
note with outside of the Catholic Church, within the non

898
01:03:23.079 --> 01:03:27.639
Catholic world, there's almost no agreement within the non Catholic

899
01:03:27.679 --> 01:03:30.880
world when it comes to demonic possession and this and that,

900
01:03:31.199 --> 01:03:36.880
I mean, how to do it, what it involves, does

901
01:03:36.920 --> 01:03:39.400
it have I mean, there's just so much disagreement in

902
01:03:39.440 --> 01:03:43.239
all of it. So just note that, you know, if

903
01:03:43.280 --> 01:03:47.599
you disagree with the Catholic Church you probably also disagree

904
01:03:47.639 --> 01:03:53.400
with other fellow Christians because there's no necessarily agreement on it.

905
01:03:55.360 --> 01:03:59.800
There you go. There, there's the philological background. Now you

906
01:03:59.800 --> 01:04:03.119
can go look up the podcast The Exorcist Files on

907
01:04:03.280 --> 01:04:07.880
any podcasting app and I go go. You have to

908
01:04:07.880 --> 01:04:10.760
go all the way down to the bottom to episode

909
01:04:10.840 --> 01:04:15.800
one right part one, and remember the episode is entitled

910
01:04:17.800 --> 01:04:21.599
No Life Without Death Part one, and then you'll look

911
01:04:21.639 --> 01:04:26.880
for No Life Without Death Part two. Remember there's language,

912
01:04:27.119 --> 01:04:30.280
and it deals with obviously adult situations because I don't

913
01:04:30.320 --> 01:04:33.840
know if you realize this or not, it's dealing with

914
01:04:34.000 --> 01:04:37.400
demonic but it's dealing with very with demonic possessions, dealing

915
01:04:37.440 --> 01:04:45.079
with very adult subjects. Okay, I just set down the

916
01:04:45.079 --> 01:04:51.760
Catholic Catechism. You hear that thump? Yeah, I know that

917
01:04:51.840 --> 01:04:54.679
was very academic, but I hope you found that to

918
01:04:54.719 --> 01:04:58.199
be somewhat interesting. And now if you hear people talking

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about Catholic exorcisms, you can kind of say, time out.

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I don't think you're representing that fairly. I think you

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may be misrepresenting it greatly. And I think we're clearly

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prohibited in scripture from bearing false witness, and we need

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to put away lie and speak the truth. Don't have

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to agree with it, but we need to speak of

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it accurately, no matter what theological system we are referring to.

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Now we may talk more about this, but I felt

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that last night was kind of just like an informative one.

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This one I wanted to provide greater context. I guess

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this one is just an informative one as well, but

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it's a little bit more teaching. More just trying to say,

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here are the documents, and here are what they say.

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Is simply trying to take all of these paragraphs and

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all of this information from all of these documents and

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trying to break it down in some kind of organize,

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outlined way so that you can retain it and remember it.

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So hopefully you found it beneficial. Now, if you have

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any questions, you can always let me know. Enjoy think

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carefully about all of this, and uh, we'll just see

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if this leads to more discussion. All right, Thank you everyone,

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have a great day. God bless