Theyre not calling on occult forces. I dont know if this is true or not, but 60% of the names in the book are demons. Why would you introduce that if youre not sure if its true or not? Now, heres the thing. Theyre Latin. A rocket-propelled grenade, RPG, can stop evil in some circumstances. He says, Naur an edraith amen!, which is Fire, save us! or something like that in Elvish or whatever language Tolkien came up with. When people try to rip the rug out from under their feet, they can get defensive about it. Hes saying arguments from authority are bad, or the weakest of arguments, not necessarily bad, but theyre weak. But its not on the demon lists that Ive been able to find. Its going to be covered up and hidden.. Oh, yeah, the demon Lee Jordan is always out to get people. The following are the views of three solid faithful leaders in our Church in relation to the abortion tainted vaccines administered for covid. And thats fine most of the time, but sometimes it bleeds beyond, and as I said, number one, makes people who are scrupulous extra worrisome when they dont have to be, and that could be dangerous for them. Trent got a lot of feedback from his previous episode on Harry Potter, including many people who said he should examine what exorcist Fr. Catholic Exorcist Fr. Its a manifestation of excellence. He added: "People recognize that the checks and balance system in our country has essentially broken down. When you look at them, theyre just Latin. Still, once again, I dont see the big difference between when spells are uttered by Gandalf, and Tolkien In fact, in Tolkien, almost anybody can do magic, whereas in Harry Potter, only specific people are born with the ability to practice magic. The only one that I could find, and this may be where Father Ripperger, or the person hes spoken with, gets that information from, is an anonymous article on the internet from someone claiming to be an ex-witch who practiced in the 1960s. No, Im just kidding. He belongs to the FSSP, the Fraternal Society of Saint Peter. Why?Demons, exorcism. She probably is drawing from her studying of classics at the university level. People will say that we overreact, were irrational, were detached from reality, that our faith isnt worth taking seriously because we overreact to things. Circe is the Greek goddess of magic. That is a serious claim. Thats why I want to return to the topic of Harry Potter and how Catholics should look at this, and especially talk about a resource that was just sent to me after this episode and what my thoughts are on it. ", "The voice of the unborn childrens blood is crying to God from the abortion-tainted vaccines, from the abortion-tainted medicines, he said. It doesnt mean the game itself has an intrinsic property to do this. Guys, I never played Dungeons & Dragons in my parents basement. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. inclusive of all taxes. Thats what Im concerned about, fine. Its just a case of stupidity. Later, Cardinal Ratzinger wrote a reply to this woman and said, It is good that you enlighten people about Harry Potter, because those are subtle seductions which act unnoticed and by this deeply distort Christianity in the soul, before it can grow properly. Then he said, Ill send Mr. Fleedwood a copy of your book. Then, later, Kuby, who was the author of this book, Harry Potter: Good or Evil?, asked Cardinal Ratzinger, Can I make your letter public? and he said, Yeah, sure., Mirus, what he says is this, that Cardinal Ratzinger was probably in the habit of giving kindly replies to authors who sent him books. Many believe that even if the fraud is exposed and all this comes out in this whole process, some have expressed that they dont believe the Supreme Court would rule in favor of whats right, Ripperger claimed. We dont have anything like that here, so Im trying to expand on that. Well, some of them come from, theyre just Greek mythology, which makes sense because Rowling studied classics. I cant be exactly specific. Appealing to experts alone is the weakest kind of argument. You go through, most of these are just normal names. There are people who read Lord of the Rings who want to do LOTR LARPing, Lord of the Rings, LARP is live-action role-play. Donald Trump has continued to fight the results with legal challenges and after he called the election the greatest theft in the history of America. Learn more about Father Chad A. Ripperger. Its something I couldve gotten into, but I never did. Its garbage. Ripperger said that when demons move to a position where they are losing control of their possession, they transition to a phase called the external phase.. Well, Father Amorth, who passed away in 2016, is not the Vaticans chief exorcist. Manage your follows. To say that 60% of them are demons right there off the bat, you scroll through them, there is no evidence for that. Its a spiritual warfare that you cant win without the Lord Jesus. These four books by J.K. Rowling teach witchcraft. I guess this was written midway through the series. My point is to get in the shoes that how you look at those who say that C.S. You who are involved in the occult think you have achieved power, but youve been trapped in a dungeon, a bondage, and the limited power you have been given is only bait to lure you into destruction. These pop culture things are definitely bad. by Fr Francis Spirago, Father Chad Ripperger, et al. I dont want people to take away from this that I was out to get Father Ripperger or something like that. Get it by Monday, Oct 17. He may have heard about this and misheard the story, but hes trying to say, Well, the spells in Harry Potter are real because one woman uttered one of the spells and set her house on fire. No, she saw that Oh, they make potions in this book. He was one of the secretaries who wrote the New Testament Epistles. by Chad Ripperger ( 53 ) 6.65 11.08 This is a collection of sermons given by Fr. Im going to keep going, but Im sorry, I love movies with terrible acting. No. Thats just kind of an uncharitable way to put it towards him. There is a good article by Dr. Jeffrey Mirus on catholicculture.org. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. The Truth About Spiritual WarfareFr. Just as a few people who play Dungeons & Dragons resort to suicide, that could just show some people who are suicidal are apt to play this game. Get opinion pieces, letters and editorials sent directly to your inbox weekly! Well, can we trust the word of a demon? I hope this was helpful for you. Father Ripperger has . by Fr Francis Spirago, Father Chad Ripperger, et al. Ripperger from 1997 to 1999 while he was in Omaha and Lincoln. They want the same goals., Ripperger added that he has previously released a 50-part series about how communism and how its psychology is identical to diabolical psychology.. But that doesnt mean someones an expert in everything. When I talked about Harry Potter in the last episode, I said, well, some Catholic schools, one in Tennessee just banned the book. Thats the phase in movies where things are going around and around and around inside the room, although its very rare, it actually does do that, Ripperger said. Repent of the sins in your life, and turn to Jesus as your Lord and Savior. It doesnt mean youre trying to indoctrinate people to believe in ancient Greek or Roman deities, but you pick the name because it has an exotic feel to it. $25. Ill post it on the website. But even he was prone to making sweeping claims whose validity I question. COVID-19 and Amazon; Your Account; Your Orders; Delivery Rates & Policies; Returns & Replacements; Manage Your Content and Devices; Help; Brazil; Canada; China; France; Germany; India; To show you that, I want to play you a clip from a 2014 film called Dark Dungeons. by Chad Ripperger ( 51 ) $9.95 This is a collection of sermons given by Fr. Theres spells, theres magic in Lord of the Rings. Whether its true or not, I dont know. Hermes is the Roman god of trade. Ripperger from 1997 to 1999 while he was in Omaha and Lincoln. In fact, in a 2014 article in The Independent, Rowling said that the one religion thats not contained in Harry Potter is Wicca. He talks about what happened, that there was a claim that Cardinal Ratzinger opposed Harry Potter. 12. I think what were seeing now is that theres some stark comparisons in the behavior of some of these people and its what Ive seen in session. Things right now are kind of leading to a crescendo, Ripperger said. Back to top Get to Know Us. COVID-19 and Amazon; Shipping Rates & Policies; Amazon Prime; Returns Are Easy; Manage your Content and Devices; Customer Service; Monica Mohan: 3 views on the vaccines for Catholics. Well, of course, hes not going to publicly share that he was educated by Freemasons. I went and I looked this up. So, in this episode Trent analyzes a popular video containing Fr. Tolkien had magic. Tolkien are the works of the devil, and you would look at them and say, I cant really take you seriously. But you could take that too far. Chad A Ripperger (Author) 509 ratings See all formats and editions Hardcover $90.74 1 New from $90.74 Paperback $48.82 2 New from $47.19 Many works have been written on the nature of diabolic warfare but the contents which are necessary to know are scattered across many different works of the approved authors. includes free wireless delivery via Amazon Whispernet. Here, lets get to the meat to show you what I mean. I talked to you earlier about the Harry Potter series, become-. I had a case of possession. Its a bit open to discussion here, but just because the book has characters that are not completely morally upright in every sense doesnt mean the book is impermissible for Catholics to read. Not even worth reading on a literary level. One, I dont know why Father Ripperger is sharing that. I actually just finished today a 100-minute-long interview with Brandan Robertson, who is a pastor. Rippergers reasons for why people should always avoid Harry Potter. Chad A Ripperger 41 Paperback 3 offers from 5.62 About the author To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. With that said, here is the clip with Father Ripperger, and Im going to break down whether I think the reasons he gives are persuasive or compelling. You just try to pick these esoteric names. I think this is really traced to that anonymous letter that I read to you earlier. She went to the University of Exeter. Father Chad A. Ripperger + Follow. Burn them. I thought this was in the scene with the Balrog. Evil without end is about to descend upon the works of man, and none of my RPG tomes have the answer how to stop it. Why? Now, I knew some people growing up who were huge D&D fans, and I think thats fine as long as you use the role-playing game in a moral way and you dont indulge in immoralities while playing. Okay, so the idea here is that Two things. Great Value. This movie is based on the Chick tract, and the movie is about Christians who get suckered into playing Dungeons & Dragons, and it becomes real. Well, then thats conspiratorial thinking, where you put forward a claim and then say that the absence of evidence for the claim is more evidence the claim is true. The character Doc in it talks about the devil theory. Number two, the idea here is that, well, this is literary garbage; how can it make a billion dollars? For want of more magical ingredients, the woman cooked up a potion of water, oil, alcohol and toothpaste, local media reported. The devil can take anything and try to possess people. In fact, these stem cells/DNA (which Fr. I would say inaccurate. We should align with forces of peace, love, and harmony.. Paperback. Its a combination of the words Alcatraz, a prison in San Francisco, and Abaddon, which is a Hebrew word for a place of destruction or doom. Stay away from them. The point was that in 2003, there was a conference on the New Age, and one of the presenters made an offhand comment saying that Pope John Paul II approved of Harry Potter books. No Scotsman hates haggis. Well, my Uncle Angus is a Scotsman, and he hates haggis. Then I went online to look at what members of the Wicca community say about Star Wars. Lewis, the magic in The Chronicles of Narnia, or the magic in Tolkien, theres nothing wrong with that, but there are Christians who will tell you, Oh, no, good, sir. Theres nothing intrinsic to them. We should believe, as Pope Saint John Paul II said in his encyclical On Faith and Reason, that faith and reason are complementary. If you are a patron at trenthornpodcast.com, whatever level, Im going to release the dialogue early. Hes a late cartoonist, fundamentalist Baptist. Obviously, Harry Potter. He recommends the following prayer for priests and laity, until the election is officially resolved: a binding prayer against evil. Im not that interested. Its garbage. I just want to play a clip for you because, also, I think the movie is hilarious. Father Ripperger says Harry Potter is garbage. Now, he claims, Well, witches tell us theyre real spells. Once again, I dont see any evidence for that at all. I think the same is true for Tolkiens Lord of the Rings. I think this is so important to be able to share with people. I was just one of the I started the case, but I had to pass it to someone else because I had to move to another location. Donald Trump has continued to fight the results with legal challenges and after he called the election the greatest theft in the history of America. You can take any kind of game and indulge in immorality when youre playing it. He said, Arguments from authority are the weakest of arguments, so says Boethius. Boethius was a philosopher who lived centuries before Aquinas, and you get the joke. I went online to Google, and I searched J.K. Lewis and J.R.R. I hold the man in high esteem. No one else has made this claim, actually, that J.K. Rowling went to a witch school, she practices Wicca, shes part of a coven of witches. I looked this up, this claim. Follow to get new release updates and improved recommendations. I suggest that any good and intelligent Church official, if he had not read the Potter books, would have responded in precisely this way.. Read more. That is a strange way to introduce a piece of evidence. Demons are always looking to get glory. Hes a priest in Rome, one of the priests in the Diocese of Rome, who had the authority to perform exorcisms. is an American Catholic priest, theologian, philosopher and exorcist. The first name, I think, is Salazar, and that is related to a Portuguese dictator, is what Rowling says. Its a combination of Alcatraz and Abaddon, which I think is a clever combination of words to create a new word. When people say, Well, Cardinal Ratzinger was opposed to these books, well, no, he just politely responded to an author who wrote a book saying Harry Potter is bad. Using RPGs to fight evil will never work because RPGs are evil, Debbie. ", Fr. We will-, This is the point that I wanted to make, that this is based on the Chick tract, and theyre saying the stuff that is going to condemn you to eternal hellfire is the rock music, C.S. The exorcist added that Democrats, like demons, will claim they are victorious or that theyve already won when they havent yet an obvious allusion to news organizations calling the election in favor of Joe Biden. Father Chad Ripperger, an American Catholic priest, claims Democrats are 'in league with the devil' Credit: YouTube 5 Ripperger, an exorcist, said the devil was 'using people who are not leading morally good lives' Credit: YouTube 5 Ripperger was reportedly asked to leave the Tulsa, Oklahoma diocese and moved to Denver, Colorado Credit: YouTube 5 I have a lot of respect for priests who are doing the good work of exorcism. Thats fine. If he says Harry Potter is bad, then I trust him." Here's the thing. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. Chad Ripperger on prayer and praying the . Where is the evidence for that? 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