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Eddie Stone	Anthony	Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Question: Hello bro Ignatius, Just checking if you know anything about Eddie Stone (faith healer) who is based in Ireland. I gathered from his website that he conducts healing services as a layman with the permission of the church. God bless. Anthony.
Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OLSM Dear Anthony: Eddie Stone and his wife were appointed by their bishop to be custodians of Emmanuelle House of Providence, Clonfert, County Galway in Ireland. I saw a video of Mr. Stone doing his "healing." It appears to be the standard healing technique used by Charismatics with the usual abuses of speaking in tongues (someone was speaking in tongues in the background). The meeting was a mass meeting and people were "fainting in the spirit", something which rarely has anything to do with the Holy Spirit, but more to do with the psychology of expectation. Almost never are there any medical analysis of anyone getting healed. If "faith healers" are really healers then they need to spend their time in hospitals, hospices, visiting homes of the infirmed. I have great skepticism for mass-meeting healers, no matter how well intentioned, where the mass-psychology of expectation is so in operation. God Bless, Bro. Ignatius Mary Footer Notes: This forum is for general questions on the faith. See specific Topic Forums below: Spiritual Warfare, demons, the occult go to our Spiritul Warfare Q&S Forum. Liturgy Questions go to our Liturgy and Liturgical Law Q&A Forum Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office) Questions go to our Divine Office Q&A Forum Defenfing the Faith Questions go to our Defending the Faith Q&A Forum Church History Questions go to our Church History Q&A Forum

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Eddie Stone

Anthony

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

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Hello bro Ignatius,

Just checking if you know anything about Eddie Stone (faith healer) who is based in Ireland.
I gathered from his website that he conducts healing services as a layman with the permission of the church.

God bless.
Anthony.

Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OLSM

Dear Anthony:

Eddie Stone and his wife were appointed by their bishop to be custodians of Emmanuelle House of Providence, Clonfert, County Galway in Ireland.

I saw a video of Mr. Stone doing his "healing." It appears to be the standard healing technique used by Charismatics with the usual abuses of speaking in tongues (someone was speaking in tongues in the background).

The meeting was a mass meeting and people were "fainting in the spirit", something which rarely has anything to do with the Holy Spirit, but more to do with the psychology of expectation.

Almost never are there any medical analysis of anyone getting healed. If "faith healers" are really healers then they need to spend their time in hospitals, hospices, visiting homes of the infirmed.

I have great skepticism for mass-meeting healers, no matter how well intentioned, where the mass-psychology of expectation is so in operation.

God Bless,
Bro. Ignatius Mary

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Spiritual Warfare, demons, the occult go to our Spiritul Warfare Q&S Forum.
Liturgy Questions go to our Liturgy and Liturgical Law Q&A Forum
Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office) Questions go to our Divine Office Q&A Forum
Defenfing the Faith Questions go to our Defending the Faith Q&A Forum
Church History Questions go to our Church History Q&A Forum