Vatican Debuts Exorcism, Devil Worship Classes
Class Offered For Priests, Seminarians
POSTED: 12:38 pm EST February 18, 2005
UPDATED: 12:51 pm EST February 18, 2005
ROME -- Worried about the lure of the devil, a Vatican-linked
university has launched its latest course offering: a class on
Satanism, black magic and exorcism.
The class for clergy and seminarians at Rome's Pontifical Academy
arose from alarm about what some religious officials see as Satanic
practices among young people, especially in Italy.
In one case in Italy in January, members of a heavy metal band called
"Beasts of Satan" were ordered to stand trial for their alleged role
in three ritual killings.
A major theme of the first day's course was how to differentiate
between a person who is possessed and someone who is simply suffering
psychological problems.
One of the teachers -- a specialist in youth culture and Satanism --
said the attraction to the occult often arises out of loneliness,
isolation and emptiness.
The updated exorcism rite of 1999 -- first issued in Latin and
contained in a red, leather-bound book -- is a reflection of the
pope's efforts to convince the skeptical that the devil is very much
in the world.
At the time, he gave a series of homilies denouncing the devil as a
"cosmic liar and murderer."
Among the signs of possession by the devil -- according to church
teaching -- are speaking in unknown tongues and demonstrating physical
force beyond one's natural capacity.
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19 Feb 2005 04:12:13 PM |
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<Vatican Debuts Exorcism, Devil Worship Classes
Been going on for a long time.
They call it Mass.
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| User: "Woodswun" |
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19 Feb 2005 05:26:25 PM |
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On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 14:12:13 -0800, jha_amin wrote:
<Vatican Debuts Exorcism, Devil Worship Classes
Been going on for a long time.
They call it Mass.
No, they're actually setting up classes on it. Unfortunately, you have to
be a member of the Catholic clergy in order to take any of the classes. I
personally think they should make them available to anyone who wants to
take them, but the Vatican has always had this 'exclusivity' thing going
on. I mean, you never hear of them beatifying a Jew or an Anglican, do
you?
Woods
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| User: "=?iso-8859-1?q?The_Psychedelic_Pope=99?=" |
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20 Feb 2005 12:27:05 AM |
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I have the redbook digitized on my website
somewhere - search for it with google:
http://www.apple2.org.za/gswv/
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| User: "=?iso-8859-1?q?The_Psychedelic_Pope=99?=" |
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19 Feb 2005 02:52:28 PM |
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the Psychedelic Pontifical Academy that I'm
the founder and Most High Director of has also
launched such a course for our local students.
I looked on the Vatican website and saw no
mention of it.
I can assure you that the devil is online and cooking. I think I even
saw him (is it actually for certain that the devil is a male?) post to
this newsgroup.
I'm going to form an Amish reggae band next.
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