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A pagan witch doctor is to sorcery what a Christian exorcist is to witchcraft. In
Catholic demonology, possession by any evil spirit became limited to possession
by a Christian devil. As a Christian devil, he admitted the superior power of the ...
A pagan witch doctor is to sorcery what a Christian exorcist is to witchcraft. In
Catholic demonology, possession by any evil spirit became limited to possession
by a Christian devil. As a Christian devil, he admitted the superior power of the ...
Page 282
While completely rejecting any Jewish approximation of witchcraft, Jews
continued their own traditions of sorcery or magic, the non-essential trappings of
Christian witchcraft. There was, for example, a Jewish incubus. In Christian
doctrine ...
While completely rejecting any Jewish approximation of witchcraft, Jews
continued their own traditions of sorcery or magic, the non-essential trappings of
Christian witchcraft. There was, for example, a Jewish incubus. In Christian
doctrine ...
Page 498
Torture. Torture was intellectually justified for use in witch trials by the following
theory: First, certain premises had to be granted. Truth and goodness, the
attributes of God, were eternal verities, revealed to and by the Christian Church,
and not ...
Torture. Torture was intellectually justified for use in witch trials by the following
theory: First, certain premises had to be granted. Truth and goodness, the
attributes of God, were eternal verities, revealed to and by the Christian Church,
and not ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The encyclopedia of witchcraft and demonology |
| Author | Rossell Hope Robbins |
| Edition | 2, reprint |
| Publisher | Crown Publishers, 1959 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 27 Dec 2006 |
| Length | 571 pages |
| Subjects | › Body, Mind & Spirit / Witchcraft & Wicca Religion / Demonology & Satanism |
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