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==== Lutheranism ====

==== Lutheranism ====

According to [[Martin Luther]], "The Devil's Fraud, Lies, and Deception",<ref>[http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/djw/lutherantheology.lutherdevilsfraud.html The Devil's Fraud, Lies, and Deception, Martin Luther (angelfire.com)], ''from'' "Sermons on the Gospel of St. John", ''Luther's Works'', Vol. 24</ref> all of the purported exorcisms and miracles of the Catholic Church are fraudulent illusions and lying deceptions of the Devil, and only by the prince of demons do Catholic exorcists seem to cast out demons.<ref>Compare [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+12%3A24-37&version=KJV Matthew 12:24-37 (KJV)]</ref>{{cquote|At times the devil also takes possession of a person and then lets himself be cast out by adjuration, blessing, etc. All this he does for the purpose of confirming his lies and deceptions and of impressing the people, so that because of these apparently great miracles they are seduced into idolatry. This he has accomplished to date with pilgrimages and the idolatrous adoration of saints, at one place with the Sacred Blood, at another with this or that Mary. He has filled the entire country with shameful delusions and has prompted people to throng to such places and everybody to make vows there and transfer their trust from God to his lies. For in the end it was nothing but devilish deception with which he made fools of the people and persuaded them to believe that they had really been helped.}}

According to [[Martin Luther]], "The Devil's Fraud, Lies, and Deception",<ref>[http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/djw/lutherantheology.lutherdevilsfraud.html The Devil's Fraud, Lies, and Deception, Martin Luther (angelfire.com)], ''from'' "Sermons on the Gospel of St. John", ''Luther's Works'', Vol. 24</ref> all of the purported exorcisms and miracles of the Catholic Church are fraudulent illusions and lying deceptions of the Devil, and only by the prince of demons do Catholic exorcists seem to cast out demons.<ref>Compare [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+12%3A24-37&version=KJV Matthew 12:24-37 (KJV)]</ref>{{cquote|At times the devil also takes possession of a person and then lets himself be cast out by [[adjure|adjuration]], blessing, etc. All this he does for the purpose of confirming his lies and deceptions and of impressing the people, so that because of these apparently great miracles they are seduced into idolatry. This he has accomplished to date with pilgrimages and the idolatrous adoration of saints, at one place with the Sacred Blood, at another with this or that Mary. He has filled the entire country with shameful delusions and has prompted people to throng to such places and everybody to make vows there and transfer their trust from God to his lies. For in the end it was nothing but devilish deception with which he made fools of the people and persuaded them to believe that they had really been helped.}}

The [[Lutheran Church]] traces the practice of exorcism to the Scriptural claim that [[Jesus Christ]] expelled demons with a simple command (Mark 1:23–26; 9:14–29; Luke 11:14–26).<ref name="LCMS-Exorcism">{{cite web|url = http://www.lcms.org/ca/www/cyclopedia/02/display.asp?t1=E&word=EXORCISM| title = Exorcism|publisher = Lutheran Church Missouri Synod|accessdate = 2009–05–27}}</ref> The [[Apostle (Christian)|apostles]] continued the practice with the power and in the name of Jesus (Matthew 10:1; Acts 19:11–16).<ref name="LCMS-Exorcism"/> Contrary to some [[Christian denomination|denominations]] of [[Christianity]], Lutheranism affirms that the individual, both the believer and the non-believer, can be plagued by demons, based on several arguments, including the one that "just as a believer, whom Jesus Christ has delivered from sin (Romans 6:18), can still be bound by sin in his life, so he can still be bound by a demon in his life."<ref name="Kaohsiung Lutheran Mission-Exorcism">{{cite web|url = http://johnsmith.asia/can_christians.htm| title = Can a Christian Have a Demon?|publisher = Kaohsiung Lutheran Mission|accessdate = 2009–05–27}}</ref>  

The [[Lutheran Church]] traces the practice of exorcism to the Scriptural claim that [[Jesus Christ]] expelled demons with a simple command (Mark 1:23–26; 9:14–29; Luke 11:14–26).<ref name="LCMS-Exorcism">{{cite web|url = http://www.lcms.org/ca/www/cyclopedia/02/display.asp?t1=E&word=EXORCISM| title = Exorcism|publisher = Lutheran Church Missouri Synod|accessdate = 2009–05–27}}</ref> The [[Apostle (Christian)|apostles]] continued the practice with the power and in the name of Jesus (Matthew 10:1; Acts 19:11–16).<ref name="LCMS-Exorcism"/> Contrary to some [[Christian denomination|denominations]] of [[Christianity]], Lutheranism affirms that the individual, both the believer and the non-believer, can be plagued by demons, based on several arguments, including the one that "just as a believer, whom Jesus Christ has delivered from sin (Romans 6:18), can still be bound by sin in his life, so he can still be bound by a demon in his life."<ref name="Kaohsiung Lutheran Mission-Exorcism">{{cite web|url = http://johnsmith.asia/can_christians.htm| title = Can a Christian Have a Demon?|publisher = Kaohsiung Lutheran Mission|accessdate = 2009–05–27}}</ref>