Join Eric Huang – writer and producer of the Saint Podcast – for a 4-part series, this is Lecture 3 of 4
The Catholic Church is a master of spectacle. Step into a cathedral to feel how architecture itself has been harnessed to proclaim divine authority. Perhaps no Catholic rite better exemplifies this than exorcism. First developed to purge converts of the ‘evil spirits’ of non?Christian gods, the rite evolved into standing?room?only performances in the seventeenth century, carefully scripted to reclaim Protestant souls and reaffirm the Pope’s power. The Power of Christ Compels You! traces the history of Catholic exorcism—from its origins and entanglements with the infernal to the theatrical strategies clerics deployed to inflame passions, terrorise audiences, and consolidate ecclesiastical authority … with lethal consequences. CAPTION FOR IMAGE: All Saints’ Day, Poland, Public Domain. THE SAINTS SERIES Join Eric Huang – writer and producer of the Saint Podcast – for a 4-part series that explores Saint Valentine, Saint Sebastian, the tradition of All Saints Day – or Halloween, and Saint Nicholas.
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