Deliverance Ministries

[franciscanhobbi]

As a Catholic I am not a sola scriptura christian.

You have applied your own interpretation to these scriptures.

All I am asking for is any Church documents that speak of laity and deliverance ministries.

I do not believe that there is any such thing within the Catholic Church.

And your inability to provide any such documents just proves it.

I would advise anyone who has an interest in such a thing to speak to a priest about it. This is not something that laity should be messing with and could at the worst be a doorway for something very bad.

Friar David, I agree with you.
I saw this book and was dismayed to see an imprimatur & etc in the front. Yet reading some of it reveals a cavalier interpretation of the Church’s directions in this regard. Nothing in the Church’s directives leads one to think that they are allowing anybody to practice “deliverance”. Like a teenager who ignores parental rules, or knock-off products that get around patents by changing one ingredient, I felt uncomfortable that the author, in the name of zeal for good, presents this as an acceptable activity for anybody, without the oversight of the Church’s authority.
Father A. Fortea, whom he quotes, said in an interview, that in his studies of chuch history, this activity, during the early years after Christ returned to God, was not known as “formal exorcism” but just practiced by anyone; it was after that restricted from being so practiced particularly because of it’s risks. That is why the controls were put in place. “Deliverance” or whatever other non-canon-law name you give it, is not to be easily and even “privately” practiced, for the good of believers.
Let me repeat though, that the imprimatur on the front could mislead believers to read this book and get involved, thinking it is safe, when it is not.

 

[BroIgnatius]

Friar David

Just curious, can you provide any Church sources for deliverance ministries?

There are several but here’s one that gives the keys or process:saint-mike.org/ **In the “Abandonment” section (scroll down to #5 and click on it) and you will see Raphael Cardinal Merry De Val’s Litany of Humility. **

There is no “Abandonment” section on the web link you have provide.

Anyways that would not be a Church document.

Folks:

Sorry, I am just now seeing this thread.

The gentleman meant to refer to the Seven Steps to Self-Deliverance The fourth step is “Abandonment and Resignation” which links to a PDF file. The material in this pdf file comes from the book, “Spiritual Theology” by Fr. Jordan Aumann.

Among the prayers listed in that step is the Litany of Humiliy

As to the Friar’s question about “church documents”, I will address that later when I have the time to compose an answer.

God Bless,

 

[Thomas_Casey]

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