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{{template:Clergyclergy}}An '''exorcist''' is an extinct office within the [[minor orders]] of [[clergy]]. Their office The primary duty of exorcists was responsible for invoking as the instructor of [[Godcatechumen]] in s, whose entrance into the catechumenate was accompanied by an [[exorcism]], ridding them of any demonic presences presence that possessed a personmay affect them. An exorcist may also have been called upon in other instances requiring an exorcism, such as the suspicion of demon possession or sometimes a building person or other object. This duty is referred to as [[exorcism]]location.
Other tasks also included the The exorcism of catechumens has subsequently been conflated into the rite of [[catechumenbaptism]] and is usually performed during by the priest or bishop doing the baptism. Since the [[Sacrament]] fourth century, the functions and ministry of the exorcist have been subsumed by the [[Baptismpresbyter]].
Since the fourth century, the functions and ministry of the exorcist have been subsumed by the [[presbyter]]. ==External Linkslink==
*[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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