He makes this claim which I would consider slanderous if its not true. Although, when Twister was first released, I think back in the 60s and 70s, there was a big panic everyone was going to turn into swingers, and people called Twister sex in a box and these kind of things. I tried to be very fair with what Father Ripperger said. I would disagree with that. He's also an exorcist himself, and some people have written in comments saying, "You've done your research. ' They could probably say Star Wars ripped that off from them, but they dont. I disagree with some of his theological positions that are not directly on Church teaching, but the application of Church teaching, because I think he also holds the view that its a mortal sin for mothers to work outside the home except in a very narrow range of cases. If I read the books, I might have a low opinion of them as well. | May 15 2020. I dont have as many strong feelings because, as I said in the previous episode, I wasnt really that into Harry Potter growing up. The popular Catholic speaker and author Chris Stefanick shared an excerpt recently from an interview he conducted with Father Chad Ripperger, a well-known Colorado priest who specializes in. We belong to the same church. Afterward, a German woman sent Cardinal Ratzinger her book, Harry Potter: Good or Evil? When you look in The Lord of the Rings, Gandalf casts spells, and I want to be like Gandalf. So I tell people, avoid it. Hes a priest in Rome, one of the priests in the Diocese of Rome, who had the authority to perform exorcisms. If he says Harry Potter is bad, then I trust him." Here's the thing. Over the last couple of weeks, the focus of the COVID-19 debate seems to have shifted amongst Christians in general, and some Catholics in particular from the moral liceity of abortion-tainted vaccines and pharmaceuticals to the dangers of the shots. Im at the Ps now. "Those who actually want whats best for this country, I think that this is just some external observations but I think there is a kind of in the minds of people, a feeling of vulnerability right now," Ripperger said. I think he was Peters secretary. Obviously, Harry Potter. Youre not going to want to miss that. You just try to pick these esoteric names. I would say the best evidence from science and the writings of the Church Fathers and what the Church teaches is that Catholics should not believe in young earth creationism and that the earth is 6,000 years old. Im just getting to the Es here of the surnames. Why not just sit down face-to-face and have a conversation about these things? Once again, even Father Ripperger is not confident in this claim, but if you just did a small amount of research, youd see once again theres no evidence for this claim that 60% of the names belong or that theyre taken directly from demons of folklore, mythology, or theology, or anything like that. You now what, I trust an exorcist on this matter. Great Value. She practiced in a coven of witches to learn witchcraft? Many of them are traveling here to the studio to have long conversations with me about why they disagree with the Catholic faith. Ill post it on the website. We dont have anything like that here, so Im trying to expand on that. He says, Naur an edraith amen!, which is Fire, save us! or something like that in Elvish or whatever language Tolkien came up with. Im not saying that hes trying to misleading. I think what were seeing now is that theres some stark comparisons in the behavior of some of these people and its what Ive seen in session. Obviously, when youre talking about subjugating Satan, hes not getting any glory out of it. Stay away from it. And thats fine most of the time, but sometimes it bleeds beyond, and as I said, number one, makes people who are scrupulous extra worrisome when they dont have to be, and that could be dangerous for them. To say that 60% of them are demons right there off the bat, you scroll through them, there is no evidence for that. I played Twister as an eight-year-old, but now I see Twister is kind of a skeezy game if adults play it. Trent got a lot of feedback from his previous episode on Harry Potter, including many people who said he should examine what exorcist Fr. Jesus gives us power over all of the enemy. Hermes is the Roman god of trade. He continued: They believe the same things he does. Fr. Here, lets get to the meat to show you what I mean. Im going to talk with Tim Gordon about that more when hes here on the podcast. Chad A Ripperger (Author) 509 ratings See all formats and editions Hardcover $90.74 1 New from $90.74 Paperback $48.82 2 New from $47.19 Many works have been written on the nature of diabolic warfare but the contents which are necessary to know are scattered across many different works of the approved authors. The exorcist went on to claim that the Deep State and communists are behaving like demons who are losing their grip on the possessed by claiming rights they do not have. The name is E-R-I-S-E-D. That shows our desire. Well, I got a lot of feedback on my previous episode dealing with Harry Potter, which is to be expected. 89. Father Chad A. Ripperger + Follow. Richard Heilman and Doug Barry, the show hosts, first prompted their guest by commenting that evil seems arrogant right now and noting seeing images of Black Lives Matter protesters shouting at cops. Im not going to berate somebody who wont watch an R-rated movie because I may be able to handle it and he cant, and thats fine. Get opinion pieces, letters and editorials sent directly to your inbox weekly! But when you go and you make these claims that are misleading at best, or outright false at worst, then thats hard for me because that can damage our credibility as Catholics who want to interact with the world and want to evangelize the world. The other thing is, too, someone asked me to review the literature. He recommends the following prayer for priests and laity, until the election is officially resolved: a binding prayer against evil. Prayers for use by the laity in waging spiritual warfare from the public domain and the Church's treasury. Tolkien had magic. Stay away from them. They risk their souls, and evil will take over the world. Now, Father Ripperger tries to make the distinction between Tolkien and J.K. Rowling, but like many of the people who try to make that distinction, its not a compelling one to me. COVID-19 and Amazon; Shipping Rates & Policies; Amazon Prime; Returns Are Easy; Manage your Content and Devices; Customer Service; 5. Nothing shall by any means harm you. I think this is so important to be able to share with people. ( 3,586 ) $9.32 $18.89. EXORCIST "So sad.even with Covid-19 we are still debating the use of aborted fetal tissue for medical research.let me go on record.if a vaccine for this virus is . Father Ripperger has . Why do you care if certain Catholics are very critical of Harry Potter and youre not? Normally, I dont. What I need to hear is evidence, good reasons to show that something popular is antithetical towards our faith, is spiritually injurious or dangerous to people. For example, he claimed that over a period of nine years, he performed 30,000 exorcisms. No one else has made this claim, actually, that J.K. Rowling went to a witch school, she practices Wicca, shes part of a coven of witches. Its from 1985. Holy4 Project is organizing this fundraiser on behalf of Ft. Chad Ripperger. COVID - 19 Experimental Vaccines Ill link that to the article because thats one thing, actually, Father Ripperger did not bring up that other people have brought up to me, saying that Pope Benedict This was before he was Pope Benedict opposed these books. I think Im going to close the account here on Harry Potter. is an American Catholic priest, theologian, philosopher and exorcist. with Justin Brierley. Its a great show, where people sit down who disagree, Christians who disagree with each other, and Christians and non-Christians. You could say some people claim this maybe, but once again, go and look it up. Other Formats: Paperback. Is it just because of magic? The detective report noted, D&D became a reality. Irving Bink Pulling, 16, an avid D&D player, a suicide. He may have heard about this and misheard the story, but hes trying to say, Well, the spells in Harry Potter are real because one woman uttered one of the spells and set her house on fire. No, she saw that Oh, they make potions in this book. The exorcist went on to claim that the Deep State and communists are behaving like demons who are losing their grip on the possessed by claiming rights they do not have. People can take it too far. Chad Ripperger, Ph.D. is a priest, an exorcist, and the founder of an order of exorcists known as the Dolorans. Thats another reason why I tell people, dont let your kids read it. I was just one of the I started the case, but I had to pass it to someone else because I had to move to another location. Chad Ripperger: Leading expert in the area of spiritual warfare and exorcism* This talk was originally given at St. Mary. She says, The Force is a life force, energy. There is a good article by Dr. Jeffrey Mirus on catholicculture.org. This anonymous article, this alleged former witch says of the Harry Potter books, that they are orientational and instructional manuals of witchcraft woven into the format of entertainment. Oh, no. Because I know what youre involved in. J.K. Rowling went to witch school before she wrote the books. A demon wants attention. If you read Lord of the Rings, with the spells in there, or Aslan the lion, an imposter for Jesus, and the spells that take place, and magic, in Chronicles of Narnia, youre halfway to hell. Follow to get new release updates and improved recommendations. I wasnt the one to liberate them. Gandalf is awesome. 4.8 out of 5 stars 169. However, many of his lawsuits and challenges to election results over claims of voter fraud have been dismissed causing the president to apparently concede and then seemingly quickly retract the concession. Where is the evidence for that? Sign up for our newsletter to keep reading. I actually just finished today a 100-minute-long interview with Brandan Robertson, who is a pastor. Make sure to protect the young, which is just a polite thing for a churchman to do who doesnt have time to do a whole investigation of Harry Potter in this way. I was never born with that, whereas in Tolkien, like, Oh, if I just get the one ring to rule them all, I can have all this power. I still dont see the important difference here. Im willing to listen like, Hey, if theres something here that makes me think, hey, Harry Potter is bad news for Catholics, I want to hear it, but ultimately I listened to this answer, and its a talk that Father Ripperger He was in a talk, and someone asked him about Harry Potter, and he gave this answer. Browse Father Chad A. Ripperger's best-selling audiobooks and newest titles. Tolkien are the works of the devil, and you would look at them and say, I cant really take you seriously. If these Latin words are real spells, then someone like Father Ripperger, who says Latin all the time in performing the traditional Mass, is casting spells, I guess. Thats fine. So if science tells us the universe is 13.7 billion years old, our faith does not contradict that scientific finding. If you have questions or comments, send them to me at trenthornpodcast.com. Ripperger then seemed to claim that conservatives are on the side of the angels.. More Information Are you an author? I havent read the books. Rowling went to witch school. Then the Google autocorrect said, Did you mean J.K. Rowling went to W-H-I-C-H school? which is clearly Google is working with the witches to hide her witchcraft, because theyre using the autocorrect. Most of these names are just regular English names. Hes also an exorcist himself, and some people have written in comments saying, Youve done your research. popular on all continents. I read a lot of them, and one woman says her ideal witch is Yoda from the Star Wars movies. inclusive of all taxes. Lincoln and Omaha Sermons 20 Apr, 2015. by Chad Ripperger. Glory is a manifestation of excellence. I think the people making the movie got the rights from Chick to make the movie based on his tract as long as they werent making fun of the tract, so they were faithfully adapting it, and I think they realized just by faithfully adapting it, they were kind of making fun of it. Thats how I mean in Dark Dungeons, and so I play it Im not saying that Father Ripperger or others who are concerned about Harry Potter reach this level of inanity. I cant be exactly specific. No, Erised is just desire spelled backwards, which is kind of a lazy way to get an exotic name out, but it does the trick every now and then. Well, I disagree with that. This movie is based on the Chick tract, and the movie is about Christians who get suckered into playing Dungeons & Dragons, and it becomes real. I dont know. AN EXORCIST ranted this week about how Democrats are possessed and in league with the devil and how they want the same goals.. with Justin Brierley, though on their adverts they always say, Youre listening to Unbelievable? In September, it was revealed that a "Satanist anarchist nabbed the Republican nomination in the sheriffs race of a New Hampshire county while running with the campaign slogan F**k the Police". Theyre not allowed to share it with anyone, because thats what a demon wants. If you are a patron at trenthornpodcast.com, whatever level, Im going to release the dialogue early. We talk about where we agree to have common ground, then move to the places where we disagree. Now, this is extremely misleading on Father Rippergers part. Chad Ripperger describes 'Diabolic Influence' (title of his book) with Dr. Taylor Marshall. All right, so for the episode today, where I disagree. What I did is I went through First, I went through the list, and most of these names are not demonic. , F.S.S.P. Thats why I want to return to the topic of Harry Potter and how Catholics should look at this, and especially talk about a resource that was just sent to me after this episode and what my thoughts are on it. But thats not a reason Catholics have to stay away from them. Im going to release it on Monday, but everyone else, itll come into your iTunes, Google Play feeds, whatever that might be, on Tuesday, three episodes, Is Homosexual Behavior Sinful?, a dialogue where we cover Scripture, what the Catholic Church teaches, what different Protestants believe about this. Cassian Folsom and Fr. If he says Harry Potter is bad, then I trust him.. He can even take religion itself and make people overly pious and scrupulous, and then try to work on their inner feelings of despair to try to enter in that way. You shall not pass. He says to the demon Balrog By the way, theres demons in Lord of the Rings. This is the article from July 11th, 2003. But even given the nature of the Q&A format, I found his answer to be extremely problematic. Hes upstanding. People will say that we overreact, were irrational, were detached from reality, that our faith isnt worth taking seriously because we overreact to things. They were asking these women, Hey, you practice witchcraft. I have a lot of respect for priests who are doing the good work of exorcism. Watch the FULL CONFERENCE: https://catholicrc.org/products/2022-spiritual-warfare-conference-viii-fr-chad-ripperger---------------------LIVE CALL-IN 888-526-2151 Weekdays from 9 am - 1 pm Pacific timeWe have a FREE way for you to listen to the show live. Im not that interested. Draco is a constellation. Im not saying that. Appealing to experts alone is the weakest kind of argument. There is an exorcist that I know whos a friend of mine. 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