Speaking with the Dead? (Visions, Apparitions, Saints, Spirits, Ghosts, Prayer, Intercession, Mediums, Seances, Necromancy)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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Deuteronomy's Prohibition on Necromancy
Deuteronomy's prohibition on necromancy still applies today. God allowed Judah-Maccabi to communicate with Anaias and Jeremiah in a way that was morally acceptable, he says. The problem was not so much talking with a departed spirit, it was turning to Canaanite practices That distracted people from Yahweh.
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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.
