Difference between revisions of "Exorcist"

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An exorcist is an extinct office within the minor orders of clergy. The primary duty of exorcists was as the instructor of catechumens.

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Clergy

Major orders		Bishop \| Priest \| Deacon
Minor orders		Subdeacon \| Reader \| Cantor \| Acolyte
Other orders		Chorepiscopos \| Exorcist \| Doorkeeper \| Deaconess - Presbityde
Episcopal titles		Patriarch \| Catholicos \| Archbishop \| Metropolitan \| Auxiliary \| Titular
Priestly titles		Protopresbyter \| Archpriest \| Protosyngellos \| Economos
Diaconal titles		Archdeacon \| Protodeacon
Minor titles		Protopsaltes - Lampadarios
Monastic titles		Archimandrite \| Abbot - Hegumen
Related		Ordination \| Vestments \| Presbeia \| Honorifics \| Clergy awards \| Exarch \| Proistamenos \| Vicar
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+An '''exorcist''' is an extinct office within the [[minor orders]] of [[clergy]].  The primary duty of exorcists was as the instructor of [[catechumen]]s.
-An '''exorcist''' is an extinct office within the [[minor orders]] of [[clergy]]. Their office was responsible for invoking [[God]] in the ridding of demonic presences that possessed a person, or sometimes a building or other object. This duty is referred to as [[exorcism]].
-Other tasks also included the exorcism of the [[catechumen]] performed during the [[Sacrament]] of [[Baptism]].
+==External link==
+*[http://www.goarch.org/ourfaith/ourfaith7079 Exorcism in the Orthodox Church] by Rev. George C. Papademetriou, Ph.D. ([[GOARCH]])
-Since the fourth century, the functions and ministry of the exorcist have been subsumed by the [[presbyter]].
-==External Links==
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-*[http://www.goarch.org/en/ourfaith/articles/article7079.asp Exorcism in the Orthodox Church by Rev. George C. Papademetriou, Ph.D.] ([[GOARCH]])
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