The victim, however, is not to be terrified out of his senses
The victim, however, is not to be terrified out of his senses
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Yes; doubtless we believe in them, and are not of the number of those who ‘pique themselves,’ as Fénelon said,…
yes; doubtless we believe in them, and are not of the number of those who ‘pique themselves,’ as Fénelon said, ‘on rejecting as fables, without examination, all the wonders that God works.’ But if you come to the particular, and say--Do you believe in such a r
Read record →That body of doctrine which Christians believe, divinely guarded by the Church, was announced beforehand,…
That body of doctrine which Christians believe, divinely guarded by the Church, was announced beforehand, centuries ere it was actually delivered, by a wisdom above nature--the divine light of prophecy
Read record →N the year 1826, in the month of December, an event which was attested on oath before the bishop of the diocese…
n the year 1826, in the month of December, an event which was attested on oath before the bishop of the diocese by several thousand eye-witnesses.[8] Josephus relates the prodigies that appeared in the heavens before the downfall of Jerusalem: and who shall sa
Read record →To assert, as some do, that a miraculous intervention implies change or contradiction in God, is inaccurate;…
To assert, as some do, that a miraculous intervention implies change or contradiction in God, is inaccurate; for in His works surely He may exercise that liberty which is one of His perfections
Read record →Julius Capitolinus attributed it to the prayers of the Emperor;[19] Dionysius Cassius to the operations of…
Julius Capitolinus attributed it to the prayers of the Emperor;[19] Dionysius Cassius to the operations of Arnuphis, an Egyptian magician.[20] A record of the unquestioned fact, however, is sculptured on the Antonine column at Rome;[21] a medal, struck the ver
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Newman, “has been a pattern for all Christian monarchs since, and the commencement of our state establishment to this day; and, on the other hand, the fortunes of the Roman Empire are in prophecy apparently connected with her in a very intimate manner, which w
Read record →A short time after midday, upon his march, there appeared in the heavens[23] a large luminous Cross in sight of…
A short time after midday, upon his march, there appeared in the heavens[23] a large luminous Cross in sight of himself and the whole of his army, with the inscription surrounding it, “In this conquer.” On the following night it is recorded that our Blessed Lo
Read record →Following words:--“The king in wrath sent a certain count with directions to hold a meeting in the Forum, of…
following words:--“The king in wrath sent a certain count with directions to hold a meeting in the Forum, of the whole province, and there to cut out their tongues by the root, and to cut off their right hands
Read record →He was, however, induced after some time to inform his brother that in a field through which he passed to and…
He was, however, induced after some time to inform his brother that in a field through which he passed to and from school he was invariably met by the apparition of a woman whom he personally knew while living, and who had been dead about eight years
Read record →“‘On the 27th July, I went to the haunted field by myself, and walked the breadth of it without any encounter
“‘On the 27th July, I went to the haunted field by myself, and walked the breadth of it without any encounter
Read record →“‘The next morning being Thursday, I went very early by myself, and walked for about one hour’s space in…
“‘The next morning being Thursday, I went very early by myself, and walked for about one hour’s space in meditation and prayer, in the field next adjoining
Read record →But now, although face to face with the spirit, my heart grew calm and my mind composed, to know that the…
But now, although face to face with the spirit, my heart grew calm and my mind composed, to know that the pentacle would govern her, and the ring must bind until I gave the word
Read record →From his childhood he had been led to indulge in breaches of the seventh commandment, and these after a while…
From his childhood he had been led to indulge in breaches of the seventh commandment, and these after a while were certainly of a heinous character
Read record →“The result was that I unfolded to the subject of this apparition my intention, with God’s help, and his own…
“The result was that I unfolded to the subject of this apparition my intention, with God’s help, and his own sanction, to cast out the spirit, according to the old rule and custom of Holy Church
Read record →Here he sank into a deep sleep; and this sleep proved to be the beginning of a complete change for the better
Here he sank into a deep sleep; and this sleep proved to be the beginning of a complete change for the better
Read record →“The vision disappearing, his soul was filled with heavenly light, while a marvellous sign was left imprinted…
“The vision disappearing, his soul was filled with heavenly light, while a marvellous sign was left imprinted on his limbs
Read record →On the 10th of January, 1834, she received on her hands, feet, and left side, the marks of our Lord’s Five…
On the 10th of January, 1834, she received on her hands, feet, and left side, the marks of our Lord’s Five Wounds
Read record →This affected her deeply, bringing back the saddest memories of the past
This affected her deeply, bringing back the saddest memories of the past
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Martin at Metz, in the year 1865, that the thought sometimes crossed her mind that she might be cured by the Blessed Sacrament
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She was not terrified, but amazed; and after gazing fixedly some little while, during which the figure did not move, she went to her room, and sent the nurse down to fetch something, where she would be likely to see the figure, without saying anything about it
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Send Thy fear, O Lord, upon the wild beast, which devoureth Thy vine
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I exorcise thee, most foul spirit, every coming in of the enemy, every apparition, every legion; in the Name of our Lord Jesus ✠ Christ be rooted out, and be put to flight from this creature of God ✠
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im, Who hath power to put thee into hell, that thou depart in haste from this servant of God N., who returns to the bosom of the Church, with thy fear and with the torment of thy terror
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But why dost thou delay longer here?
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Witchcraft is the system of those persons who, through the direct agency of wicked spirits, perform certain acts and deeds beyond the natural and ordinary powers of mankind.[70] On the other hand, Necromancy, according to the definition of Cotgrave, is “divina
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To the wizard or witch were freely given by the Devil or his angels divers powers at once supernatural and uncommon, by which, when sought for, both riches and sensual pleasures could for a while be secured, even to surfeiting
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It is impossible to point to any period when the belief in Witchcraft and Necromancy was perfectly obliterated, or to any nation which altogether repudiated it.[74] If one particular phase was removed, discredited, or discountenanced, some other form, substant
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The World, which has been defined as “the rebellion of the reason against God,” scorns to accept miracles and mysteries, and boldly denies the existence both of angels and fallen spirits--scoffing at and repudiating the idea of Witchcraft or Necromancy, which
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And the mischief resulting from such an active and successful policy is by no means on the wane, if they are not surely on the increase, in these dangerous latter days
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hundred witches were burnt in Geneva alone, and the same was the case in other parts of Christendom,--a proof at once of the craft and power of Satan, and of the demoralization of those who had deliberately elected to become his servants and slaves
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ntained the power to be inherent in any Christian man (with right disposition and following recognized and authorized rules) of casting out evil spirits; and, in consequence, declined altogether to repudiate the clear and plain records and statements of Holy S
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As to the facts of Witchcraft and Necromancy, it is quite impossible to deny their existence
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For example, in the year 1599, a girl named Martha Brossier, of Romorantin, in Berry, was reputed to be possessed, and excited a considerable sensation in Paris
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The narrative states that she was so strong in her fits that six men or more could not hold her, but while suffering under most grievous hurrying and tortures of the body, the witch being only brought into the room, she fell asleep and slept for three hours, s
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In a small but curious tractate entitled “Daimonomagia,” the effects of Witchcraft are maintained to be a disease
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In the year 1697 a youth of nineteen years of age, named Richard Dugdale, excited great attention; it being generally believed that he was possessed by an evil spirit, as the direct consequence of Witchcraft
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tinged, it may be, not infrequently with the exaggerated superstitions of the times, it is impossible that so many persons of all ranks and classes--the highest as well as the lowest--eye-witnesses of facts, could have been so utterly mistaken as to the Supern
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“On Wednesday the 7th of this Instant March 1705, being the second day of the Assizes held at Northampton: One Ellinor Shaw and Mary Phillips[97] (two notorious Witches), were brought into court and there Arraign’d at the Bar upon several Indictments of Witchc
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oners after they had been Apprehended; and that about Midnight there appeared in the Room a little white Thing about the Bigness of a Cat, which sat upon Mary Phillips’ Lap, at which time she heard her, the said Mary Phillips, say, then pointing to Ellinor Sha
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The case was heard before Sir Henry Chauncey
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down, but there is one very remarkable difference, which I doubt not my readers have already taken notice of, viz
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As to certain of the characteristics and evidences of Witchcraft, Increase Mather in his “Cases of Conscience” writes as follows
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een made, and impositions not unfrequently practised; but in the forcible words of Joseph Glanville, we should remember that “frequency of deceit and fallacy will warrant a greater care and caution in examining, and a greater scrupulosity and shyness of assent
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In certain cases the subject of Witchcraft had a somewhat wide and vague meaning
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One or two further remarks may be added upon the general subject
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The specific features of this account are so obvious and well defined, and the account itself is so remarkably clear in all its various parts, that nothing more needs to be added, than the simple remark, that if the old and false principles of Witchcraft and N
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Many persons in the present day are ready enough (as well they may be,) to become eloquent on the trivial absurdities and vulgar (too often dark and obscene) contrivances of the Witchcraft of the seventeenth century
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