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Nicene and Post Nicene Fathers, Second Series, Volume XIV: The Seven Ecumenical Councils. The Early Church Fathers is one of the most important collections of historical, philosophical and theological writings available in English to the student of the Christian Church. These documents provide the most comprehensive witness to the development of Christianity and Christian thought during the...

occupied with the freeing from the power of the devil of either of these kinds, by prayers, exhortations, and exorcisms, are said “to exorcize” them; which seems to be what Balsamon means when he says—“ ‘exorcize’ that is ‘to catechize the unbelievers.’ ” Vide this matter more at length in Ducange’s Glossary (Gloss., s. v. Exorcizare). This canon is found in the Corpus Juris Canonici, Gratian’s Decretum, Pars I., Dist. LXIX. c. ii., Isidore’s version. NEITHER they of the priesthood, nor
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