{"id":15491,"date":"2016-05-20T18:28:31","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T22:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/?p=15491"},"modified":"2016-05-20T19:08:50","modified_gmt":"2016-05-20T23:08:50","slug":"filming-and-exorcism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2016\/05\/filming-and-exorcism\/","title":{"rendered":"Filming an Exorcism"},"content":{"rendered":"

From an article in the Washington Post \u2018Exorcist\u2019 director William Friedkin says Vatican invited him to document the real thing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

William Friedkin, acclaimed director of \u201cThe Exorcist,\u201d says he\u2019s now seen the real thing \u2014 and filmed it.<\/p>\n

Talking to an audience at the Cannes Film Festival in France on Thursday, the 80-year-old filmmaker said that the Vatican invited him to film an exorcism earlier in May. The version he constructed for the 1973 supernatural horror film, Friedkin added, was not that far from the actual rite he recently documented.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think I will ever be the same having seen this astonishing thing,\u201d he said, according to<\/a> Agence France-Presse. \u201cI am not talking about some cult, I am talking about an exorcism by the Catholic Church in Rome.\u201d<\/p>\n

A representative for the Vatican countered the claim that it had invited Friedkin, noting that it currently does not have an official exorcist. However, the spokesman told the AFP that it is possible Friedkin was confusing another Catholic initiative with the Vatican.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It does make you wonder who did invite him to film an exorcism if that is actually what happened.<\/p>\n

Now some might ask \u201cIsn\u2019t Father Gabriele Amorth the Vatican Chief Exorcist?\u201d Well there is no such position and Fr. Amorth is just one of the exorcists for the Diocese of Rome. There is no hierarchy of exorcists.<\/p>\n

The question does come up from time to time about why doesn\u2019t the Church film exorcisms as a sort of proof of Demonic activity. No doubt the main reason is the privacy of the people involved. Plus unlike the movies where Exorcism is mostly one grueling session – in real life they can go on for a considerable amount of time. I think there are quite a lot of good reasons why the Church doesn\u2019t publicize exorcisms and I surely doubt filming one would change anybodies mind about the existence of Demons. People can witness miracles and remain skeptical afterwards.<\/p>\n

This whole report seems pretty dodgy to me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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