IS THE WORD DEMONOLOGIST FOUND IN CATHOLIC TRADITION?
QUESTION? / COMMENT!
Hello---just wondering if you guys were aware that there is, in fact, a role in the church called Demonologist.
https://www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/demons-dont-sleep-interview-with-a-demonologist
ANSWER! / COMMENT!
Kenneth Deel passed away in 2019, he called himself a Catholic 'demonologist', Ed & Lorraine Warren (both passed away) also called themselves Catholic demonologist. Both of their marriages and their families were a mess. Calling yourself a demonologist is not a good term to use to identify yourself as a Catholic, your NOT putting the emphasis on CHRIST or an Angel or a Saint, your putting the emphasis on the demon, that's disordered, that's like throwing chum in shark infested waters where your swimming. Authentic Catholic
Spiritual Warfare is:
1. Christ centered
2. The Healing of the person afflicted
3. Lastly, on liberation from the demons(s).
To call yourself a 'demonologist' is NOT a New Testament term and it’s not an ecclesiastical term either. It is not good to accentuate the demon as a title used to introduce yourself as a Catholic involved in a ministry or apostolic work. That’s why St Thomas of Aquinas who knew more about demons than anyone of these lay Catholics by far, called himself the Angelic Doctor – not the Demonic Doctor.
This term has NEVER been used in 2000 years of Catholic Tradition to identify a lay person who assists in an exorcism team.