
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 Humor in Angel Names
There's no way to verify what an angel does or doesn't want to be called. What is verifiable is whether the souls he's helping were those of real people who really died in the ways indicated and a future study. It's distinctive, and for some, that would be a source of concern. Then there are the biblical condemnations of necromancy and the Church's warnings against mediums and spiritism.
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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.
