Catholic Exorcisms - Part II
Some Catholic Priests have said that the movie "The Exorcist" accurately depicts a true Exorcism that works. But there is a serious basis to question this. Would the Bible agree ?
Does a Roman Catholic Priest truly have any power over a Demon ?
An Email note said
"so
I don't doubt that Catholic priests can exorcize demons in the name of Jesus
Christ."
Our Reply
Our Reply
We do doubt
that – the great
majority of the time.
It seems in the case of the priest-exorcists, that at least two beings need to
be rebuked in the Name of Jesus:
1) the Demon and
2) the Catholic Priest in question.
As to the fact that there are catholics who are saved, I am sure that this IS
true in some cases (Thank God). But concerning the issue of the Catholic Priest
succesfully rebuking an evil spirit, this would seem to be something which is
Entirely Contrary to what the Bible says.
The first thing that the Bible says is that Jesus Christ is the only
one 1)
who forgives Sin and 2)
who has the Power and Authority to forgive us of our sins.
How can a Catholic Priest talk to a Demon and expect to have true Spiritual
Authority over that demon – without having Acknowledged for himself – that
Salvation and forgiveness of Sins can come ONLY through faith in Jesus Christ
and NOTHING ELSE ?
Are we forgetting that this Catholic Priest is the same priest, who, a few hours
earlier, will go and do his penance and go into a confessional or into a private
meeting with another Catholic Priest, at which point that exorcist-priest
would hear the priest that he has just finished confessing to – say to him:
"Your sins are forgiven"
What a terrible lie. And the worse of it is – that those sins
[The sins of the
priest about to attempt an exorcism]
are NOT
forgiven. They are there in the heart, in the soul and in the spirit of that
Priest – who is now going to leave his "confessional moment" and go
and interact with the demonic realm.
We have to ask ourselves: The exorcist-priest may have had good motives, but he
is NOT meeting that demon in the state of being forgiven by Jesus Christ. He did
not talk with Jesus Christ. Remember the beginning of the Confessional:
"Forgive me FATHER for I have sinned". Which "father" is he talking to ?
This "father" is the Priest who hears his confession, and NOT GOD-THE-FATHER.
So this exorcist-priest, whose true sins are unconfessed to Jesus Christ,
goes to a house where there is a
demon-possessed person in order to attempt an exorcism. Once there, the
priest actually meets and talks with a Demon inside another person. So the formula there – at that moment is:
1. one sinner possessed by a Demon, and
2. one priest who is a sinner also, and who is not in a state of being forgiven
by the Blood of Jesus.
What does your Bible Now actually tell you about this situation ?
That the likely outcome of this exorcism ceremony will be either 1) the Demon
does not leave or 2) the Priest invites demonic possession into
himself, by
directly confronting a demon without the true protection of the Blood of
Jesus.
The Catholic Church teachings do NOT require someone to place their faith in
Jesus Christ exclusively, but rather require their priests (and lay catholics)
to place their faith in the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church.
Catholic Theologians try to say that "Faith in the Catholic Church" is
not a substitute to faith in Jesus Christ. It is - according to them - a
supplement . But that is not
what the Bible says: Any faith in someone or something other than Jesus Christ
is first of all a false and innefectual Faith. And secondly, it is Idolatry,
because it is placing faith in something Other Than Jesus Christ himself, in
this case the object of that false faith being the Teachings of the Roman
Catholic Church.
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Back to the exorcist
priest:
What do they usually take with them...to the exorcisms ? Either the old Malleus
Mallificarum or another more modern book of rituals, that are more designed to
dupe and deceive both the Possessed person (and his/her family) and the Priest into a sense of comfort.
What greater Horror...will that family truly find...a few months down the road,
when they find out that the exorcism was NOT successful, the person is Still
possessed, and the Priest only made the situation worse ?
If the Priest truly wants to bring genuine help to that person who is truly
demon-possessed, there is only one thing that this priest can do:
Pray to God through Jesus Christ alone, expressing remorse and regret for his
own sins, and asking Jesus Christ to take away his sins, acknowledging that his
own sins can be taken away ONLY through Jesus Christ and his Death and
Resurrection., and NOT through any ceremony, or confession, or any other ritual
or teaching of the Roman Catholic Church, and finally asking Jesus Christ to
come into his heart and take control of his life.
Then once he has done this, the Catholic Priest must return to the house where
the Demon possessed person is, and after much prayer and Bible study prior to this, start to recount to the
family of the possessed man, the error of his ways, so that the family and the
possessed person are no longer deceived. When this has happened and these people
have truly accepted Jesus Christ and his Word, the Bible, - Then those new
believers and the Priest are then free to begin to pray and use the Bible and command that demon to come out of
that person in the Name of Jesus Christ.
Suddenly the priest will know that this person was in fact still possessed, but
now for the first real time, that possessed person has a chance to truly be Set
Free, because the person who is talking to that Demon now has true Spiritual
authority over that Demon, through the Power and Blood of Jesus Christ, and
relying on Him Exclusively.
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