I am Protestant, baptized and raised, but I do not ever hear about Protestant pastors driving out demons in exorcisms. We know the spiritual world is real, so exorcisms have to be real by default. Demons can call out our sins to accuse us and drag us down with them, so that is also universal between Catholics and Protestants.
So what is the defining difference that gives Catholics the power to do the exorcisms and not Protestants?
Do they teach in a way that gives more divine authority? Are we doing something wrong? Or is it withholding information within the Catholic church?
Firstly, with a purely Scriptural understanding, how are devils driven out?
With the Word of God.
And that Word is not inclusive to some denomination, especially not to the system of Roman Catholicism which is the complete antithesis of Christianity.
This is because in the Roman system, their "exorcisms" are no more than magical charades of a continuing Egyptian and ultimately Babylonian magic(k) with a K. Sorcery is the plain realization of esoteric “magick”, with Aleister Crowley defining “magick”, with a “k”, as the “science and art of causing change to occur in conformity with will." The easiest, most blatant example of the "conformity with will" is found in the Jesuit Order that teaches its members to obey the pope "perinde ac si cadaver", or in other words "obedience as a corpse". This is all part of Egyptian Heka magick, which also taught the same things that you find in the Catechism of the Catholic Church such as the teaching of an immortal soul. You find this teaching, both in Egypt and in the system of Roman Catholicism, in the Book of the Dead
And this teaching, being that of an immortal soul, was the first lie of the Devil.
Now one of the first modern authors on magic and the occult was Eliphas Levi, a Roman Catholic whose worked served as the primary influence for the writings of the open Satanist Helena Blavatsky. The works of Levi and Blavatsky were continued by Alice A. Bailey and Aleister Crowley, with Crowley even establishing a school of magic which he called the “Collegium ad Spritium Sanctum”, a “College towards the Holy Spirit”. This school was housed in what Crowley called the “Abbey of Thelema”, whose name was taken from the writings of Francois Rabelais, a Roman Catholic Franciscan Friar.
Not only was the Abbey of Thelema was managed according to the Jesuit moral code, but most, if not all, of the associates and influences of Crowley were agents of the Vatican, whether it was Arthur Edward Waite, Karl von Eckartshausen, Ivan Lopuchin, Henry Christopher Watts, the Knights Templars, the Knights of Malta, or even Cardinal Rampola, former Papal Secretary of State and candidate for Pope. Rampola lost his bid for the title of Pontifex Maximus only after his connection to Freemasonry was leaked to the public.
In the ancient Mesopotamian book "The Golden Age of Sumer", magick was performed by specialists, known as Ashipu, who used rituals and incantations in combat against spirits and demons. In ancient Sumerian mythology, Nergal, which is name that has been missionary adapted into the Greek/Roman Apollo, had a consort named Ereshkigal. Her name, just like the Roman Catholic Mary, who is not the Mary of the Bible but the missionary adapted name from Inanna/Ishtar/Astarte/Tammuz/Isis/Hertha/Disa/Aphrodite/Venus/whatever, was commonly invoked in the Sumerian acts of exorcism.
Now when you study the archaeology of Sumerian times, you will find the same use of "holy water", the same access to "blessed herbs", the same rites and rituals as performed in the system of Roman Catholicism. But instead of using the names of the Babylonian deities, they used the names found written in the Bible and paganized Christianity into what is now called "Roman Catholicism".
Read this excerpt from the F. Tupper Saussy book "Rulers of Evil" on how Pagan Rome was hidden under Papal Rome:
On the Roman Catholic Mary, it is no small coincidence that the city of Ephesus was the main hub of Diana worship and that their livelihood depending on the sale of their magickal and astrological idols of wood and stone (Acts 19:24-27,35). At the Council of Ephesus in 431, the system of Roman Catholicism gave the title of “Mother of God”, a title also held by the Ephesian Diana, to the Roman Mary. The image of Mary had solidly replaced that of Diana
Now do you know what else happened on the 25th of December? Let us go to the Encyclopaedia Britannica:
Exactly 70 years prior, Attalus III, the last king of Pergamos and direct remnant of the Babylonian priesthood, willed to the Roman Empire the dominion of Pergamos but stated that self-deification was a requirement to exercise all the powers of the Pontifex Maximus. The one who holds the title of Pontifex Maximus holds the title of High Priest of Babylon. In 48 BC this was Julius Caesar of Pagan Rome, today it is whichever pope is put into the position of Bishop of Rome, of Pontifex Maximus, in Papal Rome.
And having the title of Pontifex Maximus makes the holder the ruler over the Chaldeans who were verily the magicians and astrologers of ancient Sumer. Now the actual reading and learning of magic was treated as a hidden and esoteric “craft” available only to the magicians of the time. The magicians were the clergy and spiritual leaders of the time, and most if not all of ancient society was run by the magicians, just as the society of ancient Rome was run by the priests. Do they still see themselves as these magickal priests, as these priest-god-kings as the Caesars or as the Chaldeans? Let us have them say so in their own words:
The Catechism of the Council of Trent for Parish Priests came this conclusion:
Alphonsus de Liguori, a canonized saint of Papal Rome, sais the following:
Open up the Vatican Library and you will find the title of "Vicarius Filii Dei" (VFD), which means "in-the-place-of-Christ", which means "anti-Christ", as another title exclusive to the Pontifex Maximus of Papal Rome. Searching according to their index, the title of VFD can be found in places such as: Vat.lat.1375 F 79r; 1374 F 71r; 1373 F 103v; 1370 F 72v; 1367 F 64v; 1376 F 66v; 2701 F 220r, Pal.lat.621 Folio 111r; 623 Folio 79r, Reg.lat.413.pt.2 F 262v, Ross.308 F 95v; 307 F 93v, Stamp.Ross.1197 F 96v, Arch.Cap.S.Pietro.A.24 F 83r; 25 F 76v; 26 F 86v, and Urb.lat.161 F 82r.
The title is also written directly by the pen of the popes such as Pope Innocent III in “Inter Corporalia”, Pope Gregory XIII in “Corpus Iuris Canonici”, Pope John XXII in “Licet Juxta Doctrina”, and much, much more. More recently it was writtenin “De Fernando Poo (Rivi Muniensis)” in 1965, and “Bafianae” in 1968. The title of VFD was even written by Pope Nicholas II in “Fundamenta Militantis Ecclesiae”, translated as “The Foundations of the Church Militant”, when depicting the Pope as the general of the system of Roman Catholicism. Is not a general a leader of a military?
So they may claim to cast out devils in the name of Jesus, but it is certainly nothing more than an act of magick for the deception of souls.
So escape from the bewitching sorceries and magick of tradition,
learn not of those who fashion the wood and the stone,
but learn more of He who made all things, and by Him all things consist. Jesus is the head of the church, and a church which is not obedient unto the commands of the head is no church of Jesus indeed.
I’m glad I saw this, thanks.
u/winn , there’s your theory’s proof. Definitely one of them, as it exists today.
I still won’t be saying “I’m against it” as that doesn’t strike me as being beneficial toward getting people to reconsider things, and there are still portions that I do admire.
I seek awareness and correction (where I can help), more than casting blame or labels.
Thank you for taking the time to read the entirety of the study.
Reading your answer, the following (2-part comment!) might prove insightful to the points that you italicized. And u/winn, read the next (2!) parts that both begin in bold if you were seeking for other evidences and histories on the "666" title of VFD. You should find something useful for whatever work you are compiling.
And please, never think of such comments as the casting of blame or the labeling of shame, but think of it as a desperate plea cried out in tones of love. If people do not know the truth of the system which they find themselves in, then how will they know that they have to separate themselves from it? Only when people are made aware of a problem will they then go seeking for its solution.
And only in seeking, with a conscious decision that comes from the heart, will they find.
Because nothing good will be accomplished by force, as force is what paralyzes the will.
So how can you present an uplifted Jesus? By, in all meekness and lowliness, with all love and tenderness, bringing a knowledge and understanding of that which lifted Him up. Set right the character of God as He wrote, with His finger in stone, in His law. Then He will do the uplifting. Show that love is married to duty, that justice is married to mercy, and that obedience is a free-will offering of faith, even as the fruits of faith; for to be free is to be in the image of Christ, and to accept the free gift of salvation is verily to accept the gift of the character of God.
And law, just as character, can never be forced, for to force a law is to force a character is to force a kingdom is to force a king. Especially in these times, it is necessary to share with people the love of the truth, which is found in the law (Psalm 119:142) just as it is found in Jesus (John 14:6), so that they will not be deceived once another law, even another character, is presented as being of God despite verily being in-the-place-of God. Any man, or any system, that seeks to legislate morality, is seeking to legislate God.
Now do you want to read something even more amazing on the title of VFD?
In Leviticus 24:18, the grammatical substitute, being the word used to replace a previously used word, here being the substitute for the word “beast”, is “vicarium” in the Latin. In the Greek, the grammatical substitute used in the stead of "vicarium" is “anti”. Therefore in the Latin, the title of “Vicarius Christi” can be seen as directly analogous to the Greek title of “Anti-Christos”.
Look back to 1871 and you will find that the Ladies of the Royal Court of King Leopold II of Belgium, as a show of fealty, gifted a papal mitre to Pope Pius IX (which he accepted). On it is written “Regnum Atque Populorum Patri; Orbis Supremo In Terra Rectory; Iesu Christi Vicario Infallibili”. The title of “Antichrist”, in the form of “Christi Vicario”, has even been worn atop the crown of the Pontifex Maximus.
Now the title of VFD adds up to, using the Roman numeral system, 666. But the numbers themselves also have a meaning in Koine Greek, which is the language mostly used in the original writing of the New Testament of the Bible. The number "666" is the transliteration of χξC, or “chi-xi-stigma”. In Strong’s Concordance, these root words, used as numbers, are the 22nd, 14th, and an obsolete letter that is transitory between the 5th and 6th. Let us unpack this.
Now the Roman numeral system came from the Greek practice of isopsephy. Used as a method of divination, isopsephy assigns numbers to individual Greek letters then counts the sum of its values. This method, used widely in astrological worship, was copied and adopted by the Romans. Any system primarily invoking "divination" or "prophecy" through the matching of numbers comes from a heathen form of sun, moon, and star worship (see: Baal worship as in 2 Kings 23:5).
When the number “666” was assigned to the beast (Revelation 13:18), the practice of isopsephy was daily used and widely adopted as a cultural norm rather than an esoteric understanding. The numbers would not only represent objects of worship, such as Saturn and Jupiter, but in times of religious persecution, such as when the Revelation was written, isopsephy was used to keep the intents of a message hidden behind a numerical number. What is absolutely fascinating is that the writer of the Revelation, John, softly confirms these conditions in his third epistle, 3 John, verses 13-14. Paul provides a second witness to this in 2 Thessalonians 2:5-7 when describing the system of Roman Catholicism in 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4.
In a time where no letter would escape the prying eye of Roman intelligence, where at times even mentioning the very name of Jesus could warrant persecution unto death, the counting of “666” would be used to ensure that the letter would not be confiscated so that the message would not be cut short.
The isopsephy of 666, being the number of a man who represents the system of the beast, was cleverly communicated as the persecuting power of the beast of Rome. Back then, this was the common understanding with Pagan Rome still visibly being in charge, but through tactics such as the Roman learning-against-learning that seek to make a people deficient in doctrine but full of words, it is no longer as common knowledge as it should be.
In case you may have been looking for other titles to affirm these things, please continue reading:
In “Extravagantes Viginti Johannis Vigesimisecundi” there is a Gloss. A Gloss is a separate commentary alongside a work that contains support from canon law. It says:
The very specific title of “Our Lord God the Pope”, “Dominum Deum Nostrum Papam” (DDNP) in the original Latin, is a very direct claim to being the replacement of Jesus Christ the Lord God of creation (Genesis 2:4) and of redemption (Exodus 20:2). The Sabbath, not as kept by Jewish tradition but as kept in harmony with the Bible, is the visible marker which identifies Jesus Christ as the Creator and the Redeemer of all things, so would not the mark of the beast be a counterfeit claim to some other day? Just some seeds for planting. Let us continue with the title of DDNP.
The historian and priest Antonio Pereira de Figueiredo, a priest whose existence has even been denied by the Vatican Library, wrote the following on the Gloss:
The edition of the official, revised, and authoritative collection of Church Canon Law being referred to is “Corpus Juris Canonici”.
So how does the literature of Rome define the word "pope"? Here is a definition from an Ultramontanist (Jesuit) Encyclopedia, the Prompta Bibliotheca:
Wonder who taught them those ideas?
Now Augustinus Triumphus is a non-Jesuit and is here quoted just to ensure that this is the entire system and mindset of Rome. In his “Summa de Potestate Ecclesia” he writes:
Augustinus was an Augustiniun just like the current Pope Leo XIV.
Returning to the origin of VFD, using the name of Constantine, the Donation of Constantine was written some centuries after his death. Proven by Lorenzo Valla to be fraudulent, this forged document was used by 10 popes over a period of 6 centuries to assert not only their ecclesiastical supremacy over all the churches, but also their political sovereignty over what became known as the Papal States. One title in particular, first written in the Donation, made it into the Decretum Gratiani: “Vicarius Filii Dei”. Distinció 19 of the Decretum states that “these decretal epistles are to be co-enumerated with canonical Scripture”. This means that the works of Valla are found in the Index Librorum Prohibitorum while the Decretum Gratiani, which claims forgery as truth, is to be treated with the same authority as the Bible. Even the bible which they sanction, which is based off of the “Versio Septuaginta Interpretum”, or the “Translation of the Seventy Interpreters”, is based off of a forged letter, this time being of a letter written by Aristeas.
To support their claim to “Peter” as “the rock” or the "VFD", the system of Roman Catholicism uses the Greek interpretation of Matthew 16:18. But the book of Matthew was originally written in Aramaic, and the Greek language lacks the flexibility of this Semitic language in the use of conjunctions. The Greek “καί” (kai), typically translated into the english “and”, is a rendering of the Aramaic ו (waw). Waw is a neutral term that must be interpreted in the context in which it is written.
With these things in mind, the meaning of the name “Peter”, which is the Greek transliteration of the Aramaic name “Kepha”, is “a pebble” or “a small stone”. This translation from “Kepha”, to “Peter”, to “a stone”, was perhaps given in John 1:42 with the foreknowledge that the name of “Peter” would be perverted in the future. Therefore, in the context of Matthew 16:18, the Aramaic “waw” is used to contrast Peter “a stone” to Jesus Christ “the Rock” (1 Corinthians 10:4). By contrasting with the position of Peter as man, the emphasis is then put on the position of Jesus as God and as the Foundation of faith to be built upon, even as the Rock to be built upon one small stone at a time.
Marking the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, the current Pope, Pope Leo XIV, even reaffirms the consequences of the council. In his letter titled “In Unitate Fide”, Leo XIV declares the Council of Nicaea as “the first ecumenical gathering in the history of Christianity.” He affirms the implications of “Vicarius Filii Dei” and the Gnostic Greek origins of Papal Rome when he states that “Saint Athanasius explains that the Son of God became man so that man might be deified. [5] This enlightening understanding of divine revelation was prepared by Saint Irenaeus of Lyon and Origen, and then further developed with great richness in Eastern spirituality. [...] Divinization, then, is true humanization". Divination, just as the Greek and Roman use of isopsephy, is true humanization. Esoterically, this is a reference to the "666" and a claim that true humanization is in harmony with the forgeries of the Devil.
Going back to Genesis 3:4, the word for “die” is translated from the word “mûṯ”, a verb referring to a permanent death “by neglect of wise moral conduct”. The question of life and death is a question of what is wise moral conduct, and therefore who is the moral authority in life. This is the most important question to have a reasonable answer for, for this very question of morality and conduct is the greatest weapon which Satan has. While the teaching of soul immortality, of inherent god-hood, and of the ability to be your own moral authority, was presented as wise moral conduct, such teachings were, and still are separating man from living in the very image of God, even from being children and stewards of His life. If the question of wise moral conduct was the decisive question presented in the very Garden of Eden, how much more-so will it be presented to the world today.
Wew, lad. That’s gonna take some chewin.
This is amazing thank you.