
Speaking with the Dead? (Visions, Apparitions, Saints, Spirits, Ghosts, Prayer, Intercession, Mediums, Seances, Necromancy)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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The Importance of Necromancy in the Ministry of Stuck Souls
Father Castle responds to concerns that his ministry might involve necromancy. "Necromancy" is the practice of calling someone from the dead to declare future events or reveal hidden facts for the benefit of the one doing the calling forth," he says. He's giving them information in the form of counseling to help them, just like we give them information when we let them know about a prayer request we have.
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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.
