Terri, I'm not sure if this will be of help to clarify what has already been said by others but exorcism is a common pratice in baptism up to this day. If you have been present at a baptism you might recall the priest involves not only the parents and godparents in the ritual but also present.
The exorcism is symbolic. Before the priests anoints the child with the oil he exorcises (cleanses) the child or the adult by laying his hand on them and asking the question do you renounce satan and everyone responds yes we do. BAPTISM is a "faith" sacrament in the C.C. and it marks a "rebirth of the spirit" out of water by renouncing evil and accepting that which is Good. Cheers, Margaret On 11/6/13, Terri <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for all your answers. It gave me more insight about why a child's > document would say 'exorcism'. I had first even thought that it could have > > been a seisure or something they saw in a child and mistook it for being > 'possessed by the devil' since they wouldn't have known much about medical > conditions like that in that era. But your explanations made alot of > sense. > > > On Tuesday, November 5, 2013 12:10:21 AM UTC-5, Terri wrote: > >> I found it creepy by interesting that in a few baptism records I needed >> for children in Ginetes, the word 'exorcismos' appeared. This does mean >> >> exorcisms by a priest were performed right? or does this word have ANOTHER >> >> meaning in Portuguese? I've attached two records below. >> >> Terri Santos >> Researching Agua d'Alto, Agua de Pau, Ginetes, Vila Franca do Campo Sao >> Pedro and Sao Miguel >> > > -- > For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right > that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- Margaret M Vicente -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
