What would a anglican priest do in case of demonic possession?

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its a weird question but i hope you wont find it that way …i know that catholic priests use the Roman Ritual for exorcisms …but in case of an anglo-catholic priest what he would do in case of demonic possession …would he use the same ritual ? what is the position of the anglican church in this matter ? …anglicans consider themselves " catholic " so in this case that will be a good proof of that catholicism , isnt it ?
 
Memento_Mori said:
its a weird question but i hope you wont find it that way …i know that catholic priests use the Roman Ritual for exorcisms …but in case of an anglo-catholic priest what he would do in case of demonic possession …would he use the same ritual ? what is the position of the anglican church in this matter ? …anglicans consider themselves " catholic " so in this case that will be a good proof of that catholicism , isnt it ?
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It is God that casts demons out in the case of possession. While the Church (Catholic clergy) is an instrument that God uses to do this, it should not be interpreted to mean that God ONLY uses His one true Church. For example in Mark 9:38-40 we see an example of this:
Mark 9:38-40:
[38] John said to him, “Teacher, we saw a man casting out demons in your name, and we forbade him, because he was not following us.”
[39] But Jesus said, "Do not forbid him; for no one who does a mighty work in my name will be able soon after to speak evil of me.
[40] For he that is not against us is for us.
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its a weird question but i hope you wont find it that way …i know that catholic priests use the Roman Ritual for exorcisms …but in case of an anglo-catholic priest what he would do in case of demonic possession …would he use the same ritual ? what is the position of the anglican church in this matter ? …anglicans consider themselves " catholic " so in this case that will be a good proof of that catholicism , isnt it ?
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I saw a documentary a while back about the original story that inspired the movie, “The Exorcist”. If I’m not mistaken the original family was Anglican and their pastor called a Roman Catholic priest. That’s what I would suggest.👍
 
It’s in the Book of Occasional Services. I found a site online,through a google search, but you need a password to view it. I guess that makes sense. 🙂
 
Tietjen said:
It is God that casts demons out in the case of possession. While the Church (Catholic clergy) is an instrument that God uses to do this, it should not be interpreted to mean that God ONLY uses His one true Church. For example in Mark 9:38-40 we see an example of this:
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On the other hand one needs to be very careful in these matters.
13 Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists undertook to pronounce the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches.” 14 Seven sons of a Jewish high priest named Sceva were doing this. 15 But the evil spirit answered them, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?” 16 And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, mastered all of them, and overpowered them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. 17 And this became known to all residents of Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks; and fear fell upon them all; and the name of the Lord Jesus was extolled.
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Acts 19:13-17
 
This is quite incorrect; the family, and I’m assuming you’re speaking of the St. Louis Exorcism Case that inspired William Blatty’s “Exorcist” book and Friedkin’s classic film, was Lutheran NOT Anglican. And the Lutheran pastor had no experience with exorcism or how to deal with it so he deferred to the priest at a local parish who did have such experience.
Lapey said:
I saw a documentary a while back about the original story that inspired the movie, “The Exorcist”. If I’m not mistaken the original family was Anglican and their pastor called a Roman Catholic priest. That’s what I would suggest.👍
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Anglicans have exorcists much like the Catholic Church has them. Each diocese in the Church of England has an assigned exorcist. Just go to Youtube and you can see examples of Anglican exorcists on the “The Real Exorcists”

There have been tons of Anglican exorcisms done in Africa; I notice on CAF exorcisms are often ignored or discredited as Catholics tend to think their communion is the only one that has the power to scare off the diabolical. The Orthodox are also featured in “The Real Exorcists” along with a Lutheran and Anglican and a few other types of exorcists. Interesting stuff.

I’ve always been fascinated with the St. Louis case that inspired Blatty’s book “The Exorcist.” Great and inspiring yet frightening story. The film rocks.
 
gurneyhalleck1 said:
Anglicans have exorcists much like the Catholic Church has them. Each diocese in the Church of England has an assigned exorcist. Just go to Youtube and you can see examples of Anglican exorcists on the “The Real Exorcists”

There have been tons of Anglican exorcisms done in Africa; I notice on CAF exorcisms are often ignored or discredited as Catholics tend to think their communion is the only one that has the power to scare off the diabolical. The Orthodox are also featured in “The Real Exorcists” along with a Lutheran and Anglican and a few other types of exorcists. Interesting stuff.

I’ve always been fascinated with the St. Louis case that inspired Blatty’s book “The Exorcist.” Great and inspiring yet frightening story. The film rocks.
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Thanks for correcting my mistakes in my post. Point was however, which faith was called to perform this exorcism after others failed. Yep, Roman Catholic, why? May be something to do with authority, don’t you think?😉
 
Lapey said:
Thanks for correcting my mistakes in my post. Point was however, which faith was called to perform this exorcism after others failed. Yep, Roman Catholic, why? May be something to do with authority, don’t you think?😉
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hmmmm… maybe your point has to do with bias and pride… don;t you think? Maybe there wasn’t a Lutheran exorcist around, maybe there wasn’t an Anglican. Maybe the Catholic exorcist was a friend of the Lutheran minister. You don’t know so obviously your just hear to toot your own church’s horn.
 
Agreed. I have read about Lutheran exorcists and saw one “in action” on “The Real Exorcists” that is available on Youtube. Anglicans do have experience with this. They call it deliverence. In any case, I disagree with Lapey’s assessment that the family deferred to the Catholic parish because they somehow lack authority. I think it was inexperience as you said. But I will say Catholics sure make kick-butt exorcists!👍
 
That is a very good answer actually …i asked once a catholic priest if the case presents , would he be able to perform an exorcism …and he refused telling me that the Devil was too powrful for him to handle …not all catholic priest can handle sunc a matter …most of the probably will be terrified …
 
gurneyhalleck1 said:
Agreed. I have read about Lutheran exorcists and saw one “in action” on “The Real Exorcists” that is available on Youtube. Anglicans do have experience with this. They call it deliverence. In any case, I disagree with Lapey’s assessment that the family deferred to the Catholic parish because they somehow lack authority. I think it was inexperience as you said. But I will say Catholics sure make kick-butt exorcists!👍
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And I’ll bet the priest looked like Max Von Sydow. 🙂
 
gurneyhalleck1 said:
Agreed. I have read about Lutheran exorcists and saw one “in action” on “The Real Exorcists” that is available on Youtube. Anglicans do have experience with this. They call it deliverence. In any case, I disagree with Lapey’s assessment that the family deferred to the Catholic parish because they somehow lack authority. I think it was inexperience as you said. But I will say Catholics sure make kick-butt exorcists!👍
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Agree with everything here! 👍
 
Lapey said:
I saw a documentary a while back about the original story that inspired the movie, “The Exorcist”. If I’m not mistaken the original family was Anglican and their pastor called a Roman Catholic priest. That’s what I would suggest.👍
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Actually the family was Lutheran and later told the family to contact a RCC priest,since the RCC dealt with exoricisms. 👍
 
gurneyhalleck1 said:
This is quite incorrect; the family, and I’m assuming you’re speaking of the St. Louis Exorcism Case that inspired William Blatty’s “Exorcist” book and Friedkin’s classic film, was Lutheran NOT Anglican. And the Lutheran pastor had no experience with exorcism or how to deal with it so he deferred to the priest at a local parish who did have such experience.
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Much as my Internist sent me to a Cardiologist for heart problems. 👍
 
Lapey said:
I saw a documentary a while back about the original story that inspired the movie, “The Exorcist”. If I’m not mistaken the original family was Anglican and their pastor called a Roman Catholic priest. That’s what I would suggest.👍
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I never saw the movie, but I read that the girl was from a Lutheran family whose pastor called the Roman Catholic exorcist when he thought he might be in over his head.

I sure would like some clarification on that.
 
That’s right. Even in the Catholic Church not all priests can do exorcism let alone experienced and a priest may only do an exorcism with the express consent of his bishop.

The Church has its own as lately in 1993 founded the International Association of Exorcists. It was headed by six priests including the world-famous exorcist of Rome, Father Gabriele Amorth and Father Jeremy Davies. The current president, Father Giancarlo Gramolazzo, passed away earlier this month.

Their membership is restricted and exclusive but later it has increased to over two hundred members.
 
One of my university professors was the Anglican clergyman responsible for exorcisms in our diocese.
 
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