Perhaps, you're dealing with an area that's a hotbed of Satanic activity :) But, seriously, this was my first event, and, I just didn't know what to make of it - but, I did recall my catholic school days when the priest would come into class, and give us a dose of that old time religion - that was the first time I heard about exorcism. I believe I was 7y/o at the time.
On Wednesday, April 9, 2014 1:32:57 AM UTC-4, Doug da Rocha Holmes wrote: > > Dano, > > I've encountered the mention of exorcism at baptism countless times. Maybe > 10,000? I have no idea. > I haven't paid attention to the time period, but know it's in the 1700s > when the wording got more verbose. Maybe also 1800s. > > Doug da Rocha Holmes > Sacramento, California > Pico & Terceira Genealogist > 916-550-1618 > www.dholmes.com > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Help with reading a record > From: Dano <[email protected] <javascript:>> > Date: Tue, April 08, 2014 9:11 pm > To: [email protected] <javascript:> > > Hi Margaret, that is an excellent explanation. As for my earlier remarks, > this was the first time that I encountered the mention of exorcism in what > should have a baptism, and I was taken aback. We don't know what the > condition of the child was, but, it must have been grave, for the parents > to take the day old child to the church to be baptized. Once again thanks > for your explanation - it does correspond to what I was taught so many > years ago... > > > On Tuesday, April 8, 2014 10:47:35 PM UTC-4, Mara wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Every child or adult that is baptized is also exorcised. Before the >> baptism there is the exorcism. Any baptized Catholic has been exorcised. >> All rushed baptisms performed in the homes were later on completed in the >> church by the priest's performing the exorcism and applying the holy oils. >> >> Exorcism is a symbolic cleansing by verbal affirmation of acceptance of >> faith and renunciation of all that is not of G-d spoken by the Godparents >> and all others attending on behalf of the child and in response to the >> Priest's questions. >> >> The action of exorcism is not tied in to an era. It is part of each >> baptism of the Catholic church. First the cleansing, 2nd the anointment >> with the oils, and third the name giving and dipping of water. >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> >> > -- 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]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
