Speaking with the Dead? (Visions, Apparitions, Saints, Spirits, Ghosts, Prayer, Intercession, Mediums, Seances, Necromancy)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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The Distinctiveness of Father Castle's Ministry
This is not one of the charismatic gifts listed in the New Testament. The Holy Spirit can even give new gifts over time, ones that didn't originally appear. So I have no basis for saying that Father Castle doesn't have a genuine carerism of helping stuck souls. But elements of what he does have precedence in existing practices and experiences.
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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.
