Besides the Catholic religion,do other religions perform Exorcisms?
The Aboriginal Eora tribe here in Sydney, Australia, the Aboriginal ‘religion’ of the “Dreamtime” (the spiritual Aboriginal story of the genesis of planet earth) conduct ‘cleansing ceremonies’ and ‘purifying corroborees’ for people who are suspected of coming under the influence of a ‘dark spirit’.
Evangelical Christians do far more exorcisms then Catholics. The exorcisms in the Catholic Church are not taken lightly, if one is performed it is considered very serious. They must be investigated and approved by the diocese first. Catholics don’t just blame things on demons unless no physical, medical, or psychological reasons for the events exist. A battery of examination by professionals in the various fields must be undergone with attempts at medical and psychological intervention first. There is only about 1 approved Catholic exorcism a year in the entire US and the Catholic exorcism process is very long (and done only by sepcially designated diocese exorcists and medical teams)including post exorcism counseling and medical attention. Catholics don’t feel events or things that have no logical explainations are something to be taken lightly and handled by the inexperienced. Certain evangelical groups that blame most everything on demons claim to do about 30 or 40 an hour.
Yes. Anglicanism, several Protestant denominations, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), Judaism, Hinduism, Scientology, and Islam also practice some kind of exorcism. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exorcism Catholics have been casting out demons ever since Jesus and the Apostles did it. Modern psychology says that most of the people who had demons cast out of them were probably miraculously cured from schizophrenia and other mental illnesses. But their cures were still miracles. The Catholic Church believes that real demonic possessions are rare but possible, so they keep a few exorcists around just in case. The Church has guidelines in place to take great care to exhaust psychological options before calling in an exorcist. For more information, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, sections 1673: http://www.uscc
