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Conjuratio Malignorum Spirituum

Introduction

A handbook for performing exorcism endorsed by Catholic Church during 15th century CE.

Full Latin title is Coniuratio malignorum spirituum in corporibus hominum existertium prout in Sancto Petro, which may be translated as, “The Conjuration of Evil Spirits Existing in the Body of Man as it is done in Saint Peter”.

This text offers fundamental formulae which led to development of the Roman Rite, a modern tradition of Catholic exorcism, and deliverance ministry, a contemporary service for cleansing Christian spirits.

Background

Conjuration is a word deriving from the Latin verb coniurare, “to swear together an oath”. What this word points towards is a practice, by no means unique to Catholic ritual, which involves calling attention to contractual relationships between bodies.

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