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Generational Healing	Trevor	Monday, March 24, 2008
Question: Hi Brother, I am a frequent visitor to this site and have posted here before. I noticed that there is a prayer in the spiritual warfare prayer index on this site to break generational curses. I was on the Catholic Doors ministry site and read an article on how generational healing is not needed. http://www.catholicdoors.com/isit/isit12.htm Catholic Doors is a very informative site and is very reputable from what I hear. Am I taking this article or out of context? Is this article taliking about the same thing as what the prayer in your index is used for? Please explain. Thanks.
Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OLSM Dear Trevor: The Catholic Doors website is not quite as reputable as you suggest. There are some problems with that site, some doctrinal problems with some of its resources. Some of the links it supports are problematic. From what I understand the webmaster of the site refuses to listen to anyone's suggestion that he needs to make some corrections. That has been my experience with him also. I have personally contacted the webmaster of that site some time ago about this article you reference. I explained to him that while he view is correct about generational demonization in one sense that it is incorrect in another sense. Although he is not qualified to speak on spiritual warfare issues, he refuses to listen to the distinction. He is correct that people do not "inherent" a demon like we inherent diseases. I agree. But, the ancestral demonization is not based upon that sort of "inheritance". Ancestral demonization is similar to the passing on of habits from one generation to another -- it is not genetic, but passed on through influence. In the case of generational demonization, demons become attached to a family usually through some sinful action of the ancestor. That entrance into the family allows demons to keep the family "on the radar" sort-to-speak, or on a "list". It does not mean the future generations WILL inherit a demon like one inherits a disease. It means that demons can remain attached to the family and may continue to harass some, but often not all family members. It should also be noted, in general, that exorcism does not always get rid of demons. Not all exorcisms are successful. I am not sure, but I think the webmaster of Catholic Doors thinks that an exorcism guarantees that a person is free from demons. It does not. The webmaster's views are rather typical of people who do not know what they are talking about. The problem is the lack of humility to accept instruction from those who do. Given this and more serious problems of a few doctrinal errors in his "bible studies" and his promotion of a few other websites that are not consistent with Catholic teaching, and that he is consistently resistant other trying to help him shore up a few lose ends, I cannot recommend Catholic Doors overall, though he does have some good resources on the Site. 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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Generational Healing

Trevor

Monday, March 24, 2008

Question:

Hi Brother,

I am a frequent visitor to this site and have posted here before. I noticed that there is a prayer in the spiritual warfare prayer index on this site to break generational curses.

I was on the Catholic Doors ministry site and read an article on how generational healing is not needed. http://www.catholicdoors.com/isit/isit12.htm

Catholic Doors is a very informative site and is very reputable from what I hear.

Am I taking this article or out of context? Is this article taliking about the same thing as what the prayer in your index is used for? Please explain. Thanks.

Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OLSM

Dear Trevor:

The Catholic Doors website is not quite as reputable as you suggest. There are some problems with that site, some doctrinal problems with some of its resources. Some of the links it supports are problematic. From what I understand the webmaster of the site refuses to listen to anyone's suggestion that he needs to make some corrections.

That has been my experience with him also. I have personally contacted the webmaster of that site some time ago about this article you reference. I explained to him that while he view is correct about generational demonization in one sense that it is incorrect in another sense. Although he is not qualified to speak on spiritual warfare issues, he refuses to listen to the distinction.

He is correct that people do not "inherent" a demon like we inherent diseases. I agree. But, the ancestral demonization is not based upon that sort of "inheritance". Ancestral demonization is similar to the passing on of habits from one generation to another -- it is not genetic, but passed on through influence.

In the case of generational demonization, demons become attached to a family usually through some sinful action of the ancestor. That entrance into the family allows demons to keep the family "on the radar" sort-to-speak, or on a "list". It does not mean the future generations WILL inherit a demon like one inherits a disease. It means that demons can remain attached to the family and may continue to harass some, but often not all family members.

It should also be noted, in general, that exorcism does not always get rid of demons. Not all exorcisms are successful. I am not sure, but I think the webmaster of Catholic Doors thinks that an exorcism guarantees that a person is free from demons. It does not.

The webmaster's views are rather typical of people who do not know what they are talking about. The problem is the lack of humility to accept instruction from those who do.

Given this and more serious problems of a few doctrinal errors in his "bible studies" and his promotion of a few other websites that are not consistent with Catholic teaching, and that he is consistently resistant other trying to help him shore up a few lose ends, I cannot recommend Catholic Doors overall, though he does have some good resources on the Site.

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.