
Speaking with the Dead? (Visions, Apparitions, Saints, Spirits, Ghosts, Prayer, Intercession, Mediums, Seances, Necromancy)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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The Principles of Testing Spirits
In the Bible most of legitimate contact with spirits was with ones that weren't human. Paul and John recommend testing to see whether a given spirit is telling the truth or not. But fundamentally, there doesn't seem to be a difference between talking to an angel or talking to a human spirit. And as with any other spirit, we need to test what they say and see if they're being truthful or not.
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Transcript

Can we speak with the dead? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli look at the question of speaking with departed human souls; whether it is permitted by Church teaching; and what cautions we must consider; and they ask if Fr. Nathan Castle's unique ministry to "stuck souls" is permissible.
