Exorcism

Ambrosiaster

Latin Text from public domain Migne Editors, Patrologiae Cursus Completus.

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Exorcismus.

Almighty Lord, Word of God the Father, Christ Jesus, God and Lord of all creatures, who gave your holy apostles the power to tread upon serpents and scorpions: who among other marvelous things commanded, 'Cast out the devils' (cf. Matthew 10:8); by whose power Satan fell like lightning from heaven: I humbly pray to your name with fear and trembling, that you, with unworthy me, having been granted forgiveness of all sins, may deign to give me confidence and opportunity; that, fortified by the power of your arm, I may faithfully and securely approach this cruel dragon. I adjure you, therefore, every unclean spirit, every phantom, every attack of Satan, in the power of the name of Christ, who, after the baptism in the Jordan, was led into the desert, and there conquered you; so that you, whom He formed from the clay of the earth for the glory of His name, may cease your assault, and tremble not at the frailty of a wretched human being, but at the image of the almighty God. Yield, therefore, to God, who reduced you to servitude in His humiliated servant Job; yield…

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