Word: witchcrafts
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...exorcisms to the public, who were properly edified to watch the nuns scream, throw convulsions, expose their navels to the priests and to the crowd. At last, with the circus in full swing, word of it reached Richelieu. The order came quickly to arrest Grandier and try him for witchcraft...
Shortly thereafter, President Increase Mather reportedly ordered the boys to gather in the yard and burn a book attacking the witchcraft belief of his on Cotton. The College's first riot of a political nature went off with the usual rehearsed spontaneity...
...essays in the book jump from the theological aspects of evil to the psychology of witchcraft and demonic possession. Tolerantly and patiently written, they draw in their sum an interesting picture of a basic Christian doctrine which has had more than its share of rough handling...
...authors of Satan see no reason to doubt the historical evidences of the Devil's existence-from witchcraft to the temptations of the saints. Writes the late Father Herbert Thurston, S.J., in his essay: "That such a thing as witchcraft exists or has existed in the world no Christian can deny who believes his Bible to be the inspired Word of God. It is impossible to suppose that the story of the witch of Endor [7 Kings 28: 7-25], of Simon Magus* [Acts 8: 9-24] ... are to be understood merely as allegories...
...expected to change as the tone of men's minds changes . . . When the belief in God was too firmly rooted to be assailed with any hope of success, it may have suited the, Devil's purpose best to inflame the passions ... by the arts and illusions of witchcraft. In our own day, when faith is fast decaying and the greed of knowledge is keen, it may pay him better to foster such vague cults as Theosophy and Spiritualism...