DEVIL ESPECIALLY HATES PRAYERS IN LATIN, SAYS A PRIEST KNOWN AS 'ROME'S EXORCIST'

SpiritDaily ^ | May 30, 2007

[ears_to_hear]

Of course that is after the exorcism of the “holy water” right?

Can you show me where we are taught that there is any such thing as “holy water” or that it has any power?

[AnAmericanMother]

No - it's not so much that it's a "dead" language (it really isn't - how can any language that's actually on an ATM machine be "dead"?)

It's that it isn't the language of any surviving nationality today (if you don't count Vatican City) and is therefore universal. Nobody can be offended that it is being spoken, rather than "their" national language.

The bonus is that it's spoken universally throughout the Catholic church. You can go to a Latin Mass anywhere on earth, no matter what the local language is, and it's always exactly the same.

Plus, you can use it to communicate with other Latin speakers. I once had an Italian client (long story) who had no English, I had no Italian, but we spoke Latin and got along o.k. (for really important stuff we wrote, and had our offices translate, but on the phone it worked pretty well.)

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

The being the case he must hate Sanskrit

Sanskrit is the holy language of Hinduism. It does produce results when practiced according to their tradition.

Every religious tradition has a language set aside for speaking to God and performing rituals. The Jews have Hebrew for example. Latin is one of the languages which hung over the head of our Lord on the Cross. It was chosen by the Roman Church as the official language of the Church. For those reasons and probably a couple of others it is especially powerful against demons. That is not to say an exorcism is not effective in vernacular languages. It can be, but the use of Latin is an extra boost.

Other religions which perform types of exorcisms utilize their sacred language as well. There is a whole field of study out there on sound in tune with the human body and the universe in general. Remember, God created the world by word.

[1000 silverlings]

Just when I think I’ve heard everything, along comes something like this!

[ears_to_hear]

He is not the one that said it was a dead language one of your fellow Catholics gave that as the reason that Satan hates it ( he does not understand it)

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

How does anyone kow the devil even knows Latin???

The devil has spoken Latin during exorcisms. He can speak any language.

[N3WBI3]

So:

Latin is not immutable (After all I doubt the word for ATM or checking account was around before banking)

Latin is not Dead (its spoken today)

Latin is universal (so is Japanese so its not really a huge advantage there)

The only thing you are saying is because the catholic church uses latin it has special power over satan..

[AnAmericanMother]

Ummm . . . you do know that holy water was used in the rites of the Jewish religion?

But the water that Jesus turned into wine at Cana in Galilee was Jewish holy water. John 2:6

[N3WBI3]

Sanskrit is the holy language of Hinduism.

And Greek and Hebrew are the languages of scripture *not Latin* which was originally spoken by Jupiter worshipers..

[Aquinasfan]

Ok so the fact its a dead language is irrelevant, the fact that Latin is the official language of the Catholic church is whats important.... am I getting this?

The universal language of the universal Church, yes. As such, the possibility that the devil would have a particular aversion to it, as compared to the same prayer in a different language, is not unreasonable.

[AnAmericanMother]

Latin does NOT change - the word is literally "scidula" (little ticket) for the ATM card, and you can cognio a rationem because those words are perfectly good Latin for "recognize" and "account".

And the Romans most definitely had checking accounts. How do you think they kept track of their money?

[N3WBI3]

It can be, but the use of Latin is an extra boost.

Yup folks you heard it here, when it comes to Exorcism Latin is Gods Red Bull...

[1000 silverlings]

How does anyone know the devil even knows Latin???

Of course, if you've ever studied Latin, you can see why the devil hates it, lol. Masculine, feminine, neuter nouns , the pluperfect, the past pluperfect, the future pluperfect. I got an A five years running, though!

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

I fail to see how Blessed Salt and Holy Water will help them.

Different demons react to different sacramentals. It's often a matter of trial and error. Blessed candles (holy fire) can be quite effective. Of course it is the sacramental blessing in addition to the element that makes it effective. The element by itself is not.

Indeed, it is that material point of view that would, IMHO, prevent them from being healed once and for all.

Experience and history does not bear this out.

[ears_to_hear]

Every religious tradition has a language set aside for speaking to God and performing rituals. The Jews have Hebrew for example. Latin is one of the languages which hung over the head of our Lord on the Cross. It was chosen by the Roman Church as the official language of the Church. For those reasons and probably a couple of others it is especially powerful against demons. That is not to say an exorcism is not effective in vernacular languages. It can be, but the use of Latin is an extra boost.

The division of language was a JUDGMENT of God on men

Please show us anywhere that confirms that Latin is especially "powerful". Show me in scripture where it is the language and not the name of Jesus that drives demons out?

Listen to the disciples of Christ

Luk 10:17 And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.

Personally my God heard all the prayers of all men regardless of language.

[AnAmericanMother]

Japanese, however, is a national language closely associated with a particular people (as they will tell you every chance they get.)

Latin is only associated from a nationality point of view with the Romans, who are long gone and replaced by the Italians.

[AnAmericanMother]

You make a VERY good point!

I'm glad nobody is making me construe the Latin Rite - there are some verb forms in there that I have completely forgotten, if I ever knew them at all.

[GraniteStateConservative]

I don't know where you got this thing about Mary defeating Satan, meaning past tense. The Devil is still "prowling about the world, seeking the ruin of souls."

Can you explain to me why attempting to dethrone God (and probably, ultimately, kill him) was not grounds for God to utterly destroy Lucifer, and why, instead, he actually empowered Lucifer with control of his own kingdom and even allowed him to hang out in Eden (God's new creation after the failed creation in Heaven with the angels) and then chat with God when the Job bet was arranged?

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

The reaction of the devil is falsely attributed to the language of the prayers rather than the seriousness of the man delivering the prayers

No, because the new rite of exorcism is completely ineffective. It removed crucial prayers and commands for Satan to leave. Even the most devout priests see it as useless.

[ears_to_hear]

But the water that Jesus turned into wine at Cana in Galilee was Jewish holy water. John 2:6

Source?

It was actually the washing water not "holy water"

Please show us your source for Jewish holy water?