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Page 393
... possession of his own will , the demonologists generally credited a witch with causing possession . Any kind of strange fit in a child immediately started a hue and cry for some helpless neighbor , presumed to have sent her familiar ...
... possession of his own will , the demonologists generally credited a witch with causing possession . Any kind of strange fit in a child immediately started a hue and cry for some helpless neighbor , presumed to have sent her familiar ...
Page 395
... possessed . The Capuchin monks decided her possession was genuine , but the doctors disagreed , and Bishop Miron of Angers , using Vergil as a standard , also decided she was fraudulent . The monks forwarded the case to the papal court ...
... possessed . The Capuchin monks decided her possession was genuine , but the doctors disagreed , and Bishop Miron of Angers , using Vergil as a standard , also decided she was fraudulent . The monks forwarded the case to the papal court ...
Page 398
... possession upon others . . . . Nay , the plea of insanity was the one thing that could — aye , and in one or two cases actually did exculpate them ; if they were the victims of Satan , they could not be his willing accomplices . When ...
... possession upon others . . . . Nay , the plea of insanity was the one thing that could — aye , and in one or two cases actually did exculpate them ; if they were the victims of Satan , they could not be his willing accomplices . When ...
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