This is what I am trying to say. While there are differing degrees of demonic influence, Jesus is the Big Gun, not the priest, nor any other would-be specialist. Every one born into the family of God has the Holy Spirit residing within them, and just as the Scriptures say, the devil turns and runs from a serious fight. This is one of his greatest deceptions, not unlike the Democrats, that only a certain class of persons with the right ecclesiastical pedigree can do this safely. The truth is no human can do this safely, but every believer has power in the name of Jesus to confront spiritual evil, even at this level. Remember what Jesus said concerning the non-apostle casting out demons in Jesus’ name, that being for Him was the issue, not whether one belonged to the right human association. I take that seriously because I have seen it in action. There was no ritual. There was only an honest and sincere calling on Jesus to deal with a problem the “exorcist” knew he could not deal with on his own. This is for all believers, and it is only our great enemy who wishes us to believe otherwise.
Peace,
SR
....Or of differences between the Catholic and the Protestant approaches to delievernce and exorcism.
Jesus works the exocism via that priest who trained to do exorcism.
Have a good and blessed weekend.
“The truth is no human can do this safely, but every believer has power in the name of Jesus to confront spiritual evil, even at this level.”
Likewise, any armed citizen could take on a group of terrorists, but there are those who specialize in doing such, such as the Unit or SEALs.