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In Christianity, exorcism involves the practice of casting out one or more demons from a person whom they are believed to have possessed.The person performing the exorcism, known as an exorcist, is often a member of the Christian Church, or an individual thought to be graced with special powers or skills.
Puritan exorcism was the use of exorcism by Puritan ministers. The demonology of Puritans was not unusual within the Early Modern demonology of Protestants, but the use of ritual and prayer in exorcism was more distinctive. The Church of England did not recognise the ritual of exorcism.
Authors such as Eusebius (3rd century) and Augustine (4th century) provide details of these minor exorcisms: Eusebius mentions the imposition of hands and prayer. [3] Augustine noted that rites of exorcism by exsufflation (breathing upon the candidate) were also performed for the baptism of infants. [4]
Exorcising a Mute by Gustave Doré, 1865. In Christianity, exorcism is the practice of casting out or getting rid of demons.In Christian practice, the person performing the exorcism, known as an exorcist, is a member of a Christian Church, or an individual thought to be graced with special powers or skills.
Augustine noted that rites of exorcism by exsufflation were also performed for the baptism of infants. [11] After the English Reformation, the Anglican baptismal rite in the 1549, Book of Common Prayer, which was based on the Sarum Rite, "took place at the church door and included signing with the cross on forehead and breast and an exorcism."
The world’s Catholic exorcists were unable to carry out their work in person, creating what was essentially a devil’s playground for those who believe.And so the 15th annual exorcism ...
Sufflation appears in Roman Catholic anti-Protestant polemic, as well. The relative antiquity of the practice, and its strong endorsement by the Protestants' favorite Father, Augustine, made it a natural element in Catholic arguments that contrasted the Protestant with the ancient and Apostolic church. A true church, according to Roman Catholic ...
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