Luke, Chapter 8, Verse 35-37
35
People came out to see what had
happened and, when they approached Jesus, they discovered the man from whom the
demons had come out sitting at his feet. He was clothed and in his right mind, and they were seized with fear. 36 Those who witnessed it told them how the
possessed man had been saved. 37 The entire population of the region of the
Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave them because they were seized with great fear. So he got into a boat and
returned.
The population was more
Greek than they were Jews; thus Jesus scared them really bad, with the exorcism
and all. Christ understood their fear and got in the boat and left. The Church
today still has the power of exorcism.
The Latin Church Bishops of the
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops approved the English translation
of De Exorcismis et Supplicationibus Quibusdam, editio typica in
November 2014, and the final text of Exorcisms and Related Supplications
(ERS) is being sent to the Holy See for the requisite confirmation. In the
course of the approval process, a list of frequently asked questions on
exorcism and its use in the Church's liturgical life was developed by the
Secretariat of Divine Worship. Answers were provided by specialists in this
ministry and by experts in canon law.
Since so much of the common
perception of the nature and application of exorcism is shaped by the
exaggerations of movie scripts and television programs, the Committee on Divine
Worship has approved dissemination of these basic questions
and answers, in hopes that clear information is brought to bear on a topic
that is often shrouded in mystery or misinformation.
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