Posted on 05/31/2007 8:43:12 AM PDT by NYer
Bingo!
So was Greek, although they called Jupiter, "Zeus". >:-0
Unreasonable is not proven truth is is?
Please show us where this is taught anywhere in scripture.
We had an old drill sergeant spinster for our teacher, she was the best. I can still read it, but alas the vocabulary gets lost over time. We studied all the campaigns of Caesar, the poets, I can’t even recall what all, lol. Being a Gaul descendent, I wasn’t real thrilled sometimes.
I never said greek is especially powerful in prayer..
Does it eliminate the name of Jesus? The name above ALL names to which EVERY KNEE must bow (including Satan)?
Luk 10:17 And the seventy returned again with joy, saying,Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.
Numbers 5:17
Numbers 19:19-21.
And that's just off the cuff. There's lots more.
That's why the baptism of Christ was such an important event.
The sick part is it *is* unreasonable! God original law was not handed down in Latin, Jesus did not speak Latin when he cast out demons why would, other than the arrogance of man, someone assume because a group of men decide on this as the language that this lanugauge is especially powerful.
Have you ever witnessed an exorcism?
I have.
Until you have you should keep your ridicule and sarcasm in check. Altogether too many people regard their personal opinion as fact when they have no knowledge or experience to back it up.
It is taught by Christ's Church, "the pillar and foundation of truth."
ARTICLE 1
SACRAMENTALS1667
"Holy Mother Church has, moreover, instituted sacramentals. These are sacred signs which bear a resemblance to the sacraments. They signify effects, particularly of a spiritual nature, which are obtained through the intercession of the Church. By them men are disposed to receive the chief effect of the sacraments, and various occasions in life are rendered holy."173
The characteristics of sacramentals
1668
Sacramentals are instituted for the sanctification of certain ministries of the Church, certain states of life, a great variety of circumstances in Christian life, and the use of many things helpful to man. In accordance with bishops' pastoral decisions, they can also respond to the needs, culture, and special history of the Christian people of a particular region or time. They always include a prayer, often accompanied by a specific sign, such as the laying on of hands, the sign of the cross, or the sprinkling of holy water (which recalls Baptism).
1669 Sacramentals derive from the baptismal priesthood: every baptized person is called to be a "blessing," and to bless.174 Hence lay people may preside at certain blessings; the more a blessing concerns ecclesial and sacramental life, the more is its administration reserved to the ordained ministry (bishops, priests, or deacons).175
1670 Sacramentals do not confer the grace of the Holy Spirit in the way that the sacraments do, but by the Church's prayer, they prepare us to receive grace and dispose us to cooperate with it. "For well-disposed members of the faithful, the liturgy of the sacraments and sacramentals sanctifies almost every event of their lives with the divine grace which flows from the Paschal mystery of the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of Christ. From this source all sacraments and sacramentals draw their power. There is scarcely any proper use of material things which cannot be thus directed toward the sanctification of men and the praise of God."176
Sacramentals
Catechism of the Catholic Church
I read that as a joke.
I mean, Satan can speak Latin backwards, for crying out loud.
You witnessed an exorcism? I was under the impression only priests could be there. At any rate, all the hoopla is unnecessary and not biblical. All that has to be uttered is “The Lord rebuke you”.
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Thanks. I needed a laugh.
He did not say, go cast out demons in my name, preferably in Latin.
I have witnessed several being a part of an deliverance ministry for many years, I have seen men set free from Satan by lay men of different faiths by the power of the name of Jesus .
No magic mumbo jumbo just the power of the name of Christ
No one is claiming that, just that the devil may be particularly averse to Latin, as opposed to other languages, since it is the language of the Church.
Yes, and Satanists say the mass backwards in Latin. More reason to avoid Latin, and all Latin lovers. (joke intended)
“Well the gullibility shown on this thread alone is strong evidence.”
lol and so true. It’s mumbo jumbo, hocus pocus and it’s always interesting to watch!
You are very, very wrong.
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