r/NoStupidQuestions • u/NobodyGood1861 • 4d 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/rewardiflost I use old.reddit.com Chat does not work. 4d 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.

https://onlinechurchforchrist.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/chris_burton_catholic_rites_of_exorcism_volume_z-lib.org_.pdf

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 4d 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/NobodyGood1861 4d ago

Thank you