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Resources for Spiritual Warfare
Recommended Books
Principles of Discernment in Evaluating Books
Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog
Church Documents
Confronting the Devil's Power, Pope Paul VI,
General Audience, November 15, 1972
On Some Aspects of Christian Meditation,
Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church, Congregation for the
Doctrine of the Faith, October 15, 1989
Jesus Christ The Bearer of the Water of Life: A Christian Reflection on the "New Age", Pontifical Council for Culture / Pontifical Council for Interreligiolus Dialogue
The following two documents from the Church speak directly to Deliverance Counseling. These documents speak to restrictions placed upon and instructions for deliverance and healing apostolates:
Inde Ab Aliquot Annis: On The Current
Norms Governing Exorcisms, Congregation for the Doctrine
of the Faith September 29, 1985; Translated by Father Gabriele
Amorth, Exorcist of Diocese of Rome
Instruction on Prayers for Healing,
Congregation For the Doctrine of the Faith, September 14,
2000
Articles on Spiritual Warfare
Spiritual Warfare: The Occult Has Demonic
Influence by Bishop Donald W. Montrose
Satanic Rites
in the Church's Judgement by Bishop Angelo Scola, Bishop
emeritus of Grosseto, Italy, Rector of the Pontifical Lateran
University, Rome
The Sand Box
Is Harry Potter
Good for Our Kids? by Vivian W. Dudro, the July/August issue
of St. Joseph's Covenant Keepers explores the issue of Harry
Potter and tells why Christians should be on guard.
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The Danger
of Centering Prayer by Rev. John D. Dreher. Centering
prayer is essentially a form of self-hypnosis. It makes use
of a “mantra,” a word repeated over and over to
focus the mind while striving by one's will to go deep within
oneself. The effects are a hypnotic-like state: concentration
upon one thing, disengagement from other stimuli, a high degree
of openness to suggestion, a psychological and physiological
condition that externally resembles sleep but in which
consciousness is interiorized and the mind subject to
suggestion.
How POKEMON
and Magic Cards Affect the Minds and Values of
Children by Berit Kjos
Should Christians
Participate in Halloween? by a Hermit
ENNEAGRAM
(Taken from “The New Age: A Christian Critique”
by Ralph Rath, published by Greenlawn Press, 107 S. Greenlawn,
South Bend, IN 46617.)
Astrology: Help, Hoax, or Harm?, by Hugh
Ross, Ph.D.
Dowsing: Divine Gift, Human Ability, or
Occult Power? by John Weldon from the Christian Research
Journal, Spring 1992, page 8. The Editor-in-Chief of the
Christian Research Journal is Elliot Miller. (PDF File)
A Course In Brainwashing by Tracy Moran.
Catholics across the country are alarmed at the increasing
popularity of a New Age phenomenon known as “A Course
in Miracles,” — a system of spirituality
proponents claim is the “Third Testament” of
God to His people. This article was taken from the
June 2, 1996 issue of “Our Sunday
Visitor.”
A Course in Miracles. Edward R Hryczyk
explains the movement known as “A Course in Miracles”
founded by Mrs. Helen Schucman who claims to receive channeled
messages. The “spirit” denies the divinity of
Christ and claims to find errors in the Sacred
Scriptures.
Culture Wars
How
to Win the Culture War by Peter Kreeft, Ph.D., Professor
of Philosophy at Boston College speaking at Calvin College.
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Three
Secret Strategies of Satan to Destroy our Children, our
Families, our Culture, and our Church by a Hermit and
Director/Senior Counsellor of the St. Padre Pio
Center for Deliverance Counseling.
To Tell You the Truth by Fr. Pablo Straub.
Father examines relativism, freedom of choice, new age paganism
and other views that are leading many people today away
from Jesus Christ who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life.
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Satanism and the Occult
An anthropological view of Satanism by Andrea Porcarelli.
Demonology. Article from the 1917
Catholic Encyclopedia.
Occult Art, Occultism from the 1917
Catholic Encyclopedia.
Phenomenon of Satanism in Contemporary
Society by Giuseppe Ferrari.
New Age
A Call to Vigilance: Pastoral Instruction
on New Age Archbishop Norberto Rivera Carrera the
primate of Mexico examines the origins and content of the
New Age movement, the reasons for its rapid spread, its
incompatibility with the Gospel, and the responsibility of
all Catholics to counteract its influence
The New Age Mystic: Different Path,
Same God? by Randy England. Chapter 5 of
“The Unicorn in the Sanctuary: The Impact of
the New Age on the Catholic Church” published
by Tan Books and Publishers. Shows the inroads the Eastern
form of meditation has made on Catholic spirituality.
Discusses Centering Prayer.
The Age–Old New Age Movement by
Harold J. Barry. The New Age Movement is “the most
dangerous enemy of Christianity in the world today,
...more dangerous than secular humanism.”
Catholicism Confronts New Age Syncretism,
by Bernard Green. This article contributed by Antonio
Badilla was taken from the New Oxford Review. It
concerns the syncretistic mentality that is widespread
in the Church today—a mentality that puts witches,
Buddhists, American Indians, and Catholicism on an equal
level.
The Challenge of New Religious Movements
by Cardinal Francis Arinze. An address given at the Vatican
by Cardinal Francis Arinze on April 5, 1991 to the
April 4-7 consistory of the world's cardinals.
A Closer Look at the New Age Movement by
Fr John Carlo Rosales, FFI. This article provides an
assessment and critque of the New Age movement and also
discusses its origins and history as well as its goals
Theosophy: Origin of the New Age (Part 1)
Theosophy: Origin of the New Age (Part 2)
by C.C. Martindale, S.J. The New Age movement had its
start not in ancient times and not in our own time, but in
the 19th century. The article identifies the culprits and
dissects their beliefs. Taken from the February 1996 issue
of This Rock Magazine.
God and the New Age Movement: Sorting the
Facts by Terry Ann Modica. How do New Age teachings
compare with Christian truths? The New Age movement is full
of deceptions. Many of its teachings sound good, and some
even speak of God and Jesus, but the truth gets twisted.
People are tricked into believing lies that lead them away
from God, away from His Lordship. That’s why God warns us to
test everything rather than believing blindly
(1 Thess. 5:21,22). Does it lead us closer to Jesus Christ or
away from Him? Does it contradict the Gospel of salvation or
does it help us to live holier lives?
The New Age and Albertus Magnus by Edward
O’Brien, Jr. The New Agers are still perpetuating the myth
that St. Albert the Great was a magician, astrologer and
alchemist. From the Homiletic & Pastoral Review
July 2000.
New Age Lies. Appearance of
good/reality of evil, forbidden fruit, no sin–no hell.
New Age Lies The “New Age”
Movement is a loosely connected network of people, groups,
activities and practices which, according to its adherents,
purportedly foster and produce a vast array of beneficial
results such as “spiritual” and personal growth,
financial success, improvement in relationships, physical
and psychological healing, individual and global peace,
stabilization of the environment, etc.
The New Age Movement: Highway to Hell
The “New Age” movement is an enduring facet of
American culture. We spend billions of dollars every year
on fortune telling, Tarot cards, astrology, channeling,
cryptozoology, and hundreds of other dubious and ineffective
methods and trinkets. Even if all this is a waste of good
money, it all seems so harmless like a hobby, perhaps. At
least it keeps people busy and content. At least it provides
some semblance of spirituality. Or is it so harmless?
New Wave Revisited. The modern turn to
the New Age Movement is nothing but a return to the ancient
heresy of gnostism.
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