A MANUAL OF EXORCISM: VERY USEFUL FOR PRIESTS AND MINISTERS OF THE CHURCH
Book Details + Condition: Hispanic Society of America / Distributed by Interbook Inc (New York). First Edition thus, 1975. Very scarce. Small softcover measuring 7.25" x 4.25". 141 pages. Translation of an anonymous manuscript (circa 1720) found in the Library of the Hispanic Society of America entitled "Tratado de exorcismos, muy util para los sacerdotes y ministros de la iglesia". Includes original Latin phrases, with English translations. Content includes:
- On the Requirements of the Exorcist and Appropriate Preparation for Exorcism
- On the Symptoms, According to Holy Scripture and to Some Authors, Before Determining if Someone Is Possessed by the Devil
- On the Questions Which the Exorcist Can and Should Stop Asking in Exorcisms
- On the Time and Place in Which Exorcisms Must be Performed
- On the Purity of Conscience Which the Possessed Person Must Have, and of the Spiritual Remedies that the Exorcist Must Use in Order to Cure Him
- How the Exorcist is to Recognize the Deceits and Slyness of the Devil
- On What the Exorcist Must Observe Before and After the Devil Leaves the Possessed Person
- On the Remedies for Spells and Enchantments
- On the Reasons why God Allows Some People to be Possessed
- Of Exorcisms and Enchantments
- On the Blessings
From the massive occult collection of King Lawrence Parker - academic, dissertation author, and book collector extraordinaire. A very scarce edition in very good condition, with firm binding; light shelf wear to covers; Parker's name tag to inside front board, and embossed stamp to title page; interior is clean and free of markings.
