Exorcism In The Anglican Church Essay

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Introduction
Most people don’t think of deliverance ministry, or exorcism, as a form of healing. In fact, it is a form of healing, essentially a form of spiritual healing. For a person to be considered a fully healthy whole person they should be of equally good mental, physical, emotional and spiritual health. The subject of Exorcism is one that has been thoroughly explored within the Roman Catholic Church and heavily sensationalized, however, there is considerably less information available in the traditions and rites of exorcism within the Anglican Church. The Anglican Church is a world-wide church that has retained many of the traditions of the Roman Catholic faith, share in apostolic succession, and therefore also has a shared set of beliefs …show more content…

We can look to the bible and see a plethora of examples of verses that clearly, and without doubt, give clergy of the churches that are of apostolic succession the right to perform such rituals. This right was given from Jesus Christ to his apostles, and was passed down through the line of bishops of the early church. Luke 10:19 says “Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and overall the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you.” Jesus tells his disciples that as members of the faithful we are to be ever vigilant and help those who are struggling with Satan. This struggle, that we all face, is not necessarily the head-spinning demonic possession that we observe on Hollywood films - though some experts in the field of exorcism claim that the movie The Exorcist portrays a relatively realistic view on extreme cases - rather, our battle with evil occurs on a daily basis. This “warfare” occurs when we are fighting temptation, when seemingly random bad things happen throughout our day that bring us down and try to elicit negative responses, and exorcisms can simply be a personal prayer in these situations. There is a wide variety of deliverance ministry types and I hope to compile the most useful information possible on how this battle is fought within the

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