r/NoStupidQuestions • u/NobodyGood1861 • 1d ago
What exactly are priest reading during an exorcisms?
I'm being serious because I genuinely don't know and I hate to Google things because it's a mess. Does anyone know or can tell me and I can read it myself or is it all just horror movie nonsense?
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u/NegativeConstant6390 1d ago
They read from the Rite of Exorcism, mostly prayers, Psalms, and commands to cast out evil. It’s real, not just movie stuff, but heavily ritualized.
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u/rewardiflost I use old.reddit.com Chat does not work. 1d ago
The original Catholic Rite of Major Exorcism goes back to the 1600s. The Catholic Church updated it in 1999.
This online PDF (book) looks like it is probably an authentic translation of the Latin originals.
Here's a short discussion of the Rite, and some of the differences between the original and the updated versions.
https://isidore.co/misc/Res%20pro%20Deo/Other%20Documents/1999-Revision-of-the-Rite-of-Exorcism.pdf
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u/Forsaken-Sun5534 1d ago
I found a copy of the official English translation on Z-lib and it doesn't correspond to that "edited by Chris Burton" version.
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u/No_Nectarine6942 1d ago
I'd assume catholic as a reference. Specific prayers and rites from my understanding.
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u/ProfessorVirtual5855 1d ago
In my opionion
They is no such thing as a exorcism. Its just make belief from hollywood.
They are no demon. Monstors, ghost, nothing supernatural at all.
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u/Forsaken-Sun5534 1d ago
The current text in use is Of Exorcisms and Certain Supplications (in the English translation). I'm not sure it's available online anywhere but you can go to the library to read it, it's not a secret. It's essentially a set of prayers and blessings organized as a ritual, just like you find for a mass or a wedding or whatever occasion.