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Interview with an Exorcist by Father Fortea	Clement	Monday, May 24, 2010
Question: Hi. I came across this book at Amazon entitled Interview With an Exorcist: An Insider's Look at the Devil, Demonic Possession, and the Path to Deliverance by Father Jose Antonio Fortea. I would like to know whether you would recommend this book. Thanks.
Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OLSM Dear Clement: Father Fortea is a good priest. His book is good and useful for training deliverance counselors. But, as with Fr. Amorth's books, and others, in some way I wish they had not been published to the general public. The reason for this is that people tend to read these books and then think they know something about exorcism and deliverance, and worse, try to perform deliverance upon people. Such situation can be dangerous. Merely reading these books does not make us exorcists or deliverance ministers anymore than reading books on brain surgery makes a brain surgeon. As the old say goes, "I little knowledge is dangerous." What is even worse is that we have had clients with demonological problems who think they know all about the diagnosis and treatment because they have read these books. This can really be dangerous. Again, using the brain surgery analogy, this is like having a patient needing brain surgery trying to tell the surgeon how to do it because the patient read a few books. Thus, to everyone, if you think you must read Fr. Fortea's book, or that of Fr. Amorth's or others, just remember that reading the books does not qualify you to diagnose anyone, including yourself, or to perform deliverance, or for that matter, even to have a complete academic understanding of spiritual warfare. God Bless, Bro. Ignatius Mary For information on how to receive help see our Help page. We suggest that before contacting us directly for help you try the Seven Steps to Self-Deliverance. These self-help steps will often resolve the problem. Also our Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog contains many prayers that may be helpful. If needed you can ask for a Personal Consultation.

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Interview with an Exorcist by Father Fortea

Clement

Monday, May 24, 2010

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Hi.

I came across this book at Amazon entitled Interview With an Exorcist: An Insider's Look at the Devil, Demonic Possession, and the Path to Deliverance by Father Jose Antonio Fortea. I would like to know whether you would recommend this book. Thanks.

Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OLSM

Dear Clement:

Father Fortea is a good priest. His book is good and useful for training deliverance counselors.

But, as with Fr. Amorth's books, and others, in some way I wish they had not been published to the general public. The reason for this is that people tend to read these books and then think they know something about exorcism and deliverance, and worse, try to perform deliverance upon people. Such situation can be dangerous.

Merely reading these books does not make us exorcists or deliverance ministers anymore than reading books on brain surgery makes a brain surgeon.

As the old say goes, "I little knowledge is dangerous."

What is even worse is that we have had clients with demonological problems who think they know all about the diagnosis and treatment because they have read these books. This can really be dangerous. Again, using the brain surgery analogy, this is like having a patient needing brain surgery trying to tell the surgeon how to do it because the patient read a few books.

Thus, to everyone, if you think you must read Fr. Fortea's book, or that of Fr. Amorth's or others, just remember that reading the books does not qualify you to diagnose anyone, including yourself, or to perform deliverance, or for that matter, even to have a complete academic understanding of spiritual warfare.

God Bless,
Bro. Ignatius Mary

For information on how to receive help see our Help page. We suggest that before contacting us directly for help you try the Seven Steps to Self-Deliverance. These self-help steps will often resolve the problem. Also our Spiritual Warfare Prayer Catalog contains many prayers that may be helpful. If needed you can ask for a Personal Consultation.