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  • 101Darrel (Darrell), Reverend John — (16th century)    English Puritan minister convicted of fraud for exorcising the DEVIL from a man. John Darrel, a successful minister, was caught in religious infighting among moderate Catholics, English Anglicans, and Puritans. His case led the… …

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  • 102Menghi, Girolamo — (1529–1609)    Franciscan friar and leading EXORCIST of the Italian Renaissance. Girolamo Menghi wrote extensively on demonology and EXORCISM prior to the codification of exorcism rites in Pope Paul V’s RITUALE ROMANUM in 1614.    Menghi was born …

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  • 103possession —    The takeover and control of a person’s mind and body by a DEMON, condemned soul, ghost, spirit, or deity. There are different forms of possession; most are not demonic. While possession is a universal and ancient belief, the approaches to it… …

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  • 104Spirit possession — Part of a series of articles on the paranormal Main articles Afterlife · Astral projection · Aura · Clairvoyance · Close encounter · Cold spo …

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  • 106Prayer to Saint Michael — The Prayer to Saint Michael is a Catholic prayer addressed to Michael the archangel. It is used most prevalently among Catholics.Pope Leo XIII added it in 1888 to the Leonine Prayers, which two years earlier he had directed to be said after Low… …

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  • 107Edward Hughes — Father Edward Albert Hughes (August 28, 1918 October 12, 1980) was a Roman Catholic priest who served as an assistant pastor from June 16 1948 to June 18 1960 at St. James Church in Mt. Rainier, Maryland. He also served as an exorcist. He… …

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  • 108Lawrence Kenny — Father Lawrence Kenny (August 19, 1896 January 1977) was a Roman Catholic Jesuit priest who was also an exorcist. He participated in the exorcism, in St. Louis, Missouri, of a thirteen year old Lutheran boy who became possessed after using a… …

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  • 109Bob Larson — (born 1944 in McCook, Nebraska) is a radio and television evangelist, currently based in Scottsdale, Arizona. Larson has authored numerous books on the subjects of rock music, cults, and Satanism, written from a Christian perspective. He has an… …

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  • 110International Association of Exorcists — is a Roman Catholic organization that was founded by six priests including the world famous exorcist of Rome Father Gabriele Amorth and Father Jeremy Davies in 1993. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk news/728180.stm Exorcism enters a new age .]… …

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