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Father Chad Ripperger
« on: December 16, 2025, 09:05:51 PM »
What do you think about Fr. Ripperger? 

1) His doctrinal, philosophical, theological, and psychological writings

He seems sound in many of the main parts, but he will unfortunately be fine with Vatican II and the current modernist occupants insofar at least as to their basic minimal claims to authority. He always quotes St. John Eudes about God punishing the laity with bad clergy, but perhaps this is even more then if many of them are invalidly consecrated or ordained? 

2) His writings on exorcism and whether or not the experiences he recounts are true

It seems to me that anyone who invokes the name or Our Lord against demons with the proper authority or context can do some kind of exorcism, but I don't know for sure how all of that works, even though Our Lord said that those who casted out demons in His name were not against Him but rather for Him.  

I bet Ladislaus will post in this thread. :laugh1: Right, Ladislaus? I understand that there are issues with claiming authority over demonic spirits when it is very dangerous to do so. 

In my experience, I have prayed the Deliverance and Auxilium Christianorum prayers. Perhaps they did not help and made things worse for me, but I'm not sure. I have not prayed them for some time. 


Offline Ladislaus

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Re: Father Chad Ripperger
« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2025, 09:35:30 PM »
Why are you starting a new thread here, since you're clearly aware of the previous one?

As others have pointed out, there's absolutely no Tradition for Catholic laymen to be praying deliverance prayers and issuing commands to demons.  Ripperger's alleged source for this was St. Alphonsus, but St. Alphonsus says no such thing, but that only those who have authority over the one being commanded can issue commands, i.e. Exorcists.  Nowhere does he nor any other reputable approved pre-Vatican II source back up Ripperger's speculation that one may issue commands to a demon who's afflicting someone under your authority.  His book / program also encourages excessive curiosity about demons, attempting to identify them, name them, etc. ... and it's such excessive curiosity that almost invariably leads to possession.  Ripperger himself just said that so far they've not heard of diabolical retribution for saying these prayers, which makes it sound like he's not completely sure of it himself, but being unsure keeps encouraging people to play with fire.

He also arrogantly derides Traditional Catholics for pride ... for things like, oh, being opposed to Communion in the Hand.

Ripperger is bad news, and is incredibly dangerous precisely because he offers the Tridentine Mass and so this is supposed to make him orthodox.

There's zero need for his at-best incredibly dangerous "deliverance" practice, since we pray to Our Lady, the terror of demons, to St. Joseph, who also has that title, to St. Michael, to our Guardian Angel, make use of the Church's sacramentals, holy water, St. Benedict's medals, etc. ... and we have the hubris to think that WE issuing commands can be more powerful at driving away demons that Our Lady and these other angels and saints?  Give me a break.

Ripperger also mentions having various conversations with demons, which is declared forbidden by both St. Thomas and St. Alphonsus under pain of mortal sin ... unless someone were clearly inspired by God, i.e. someone of the caliber of a Padre Pio or other great saint.

So, if it weren't for his demon stuff, nobody would have ever heard much about him ... but this subject tickles people's curiosity and results in great many views, often goes viral, and has the potential to generate huge revenues (cf all the movies and books ... and the Warrens, who made a living off scamming people about this) ... so it's highly suspicious that he latched onto something that generates great revenue, especially when he had been booted out by his original bishop under a cloud of suspicion and accusations of financial (and other) impropriety.

STAY AWAY FROM RIPPERGER.  Run, don't walk, but run in the opposite direction.  He gives off some very strong Corapi vibes, and IMO he could in fact be operating under some diabolical influence, given his excessive dabbling in this realm.


Re: Father Chad Ripperger
« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2025, 09:44:59 PM »
I love fr Ripperger he saved my life. I’d had never heard a lecture on virtues until I came across his work on YouTube. I’m sure trads will trash him but he’s out there doing Gods work and saving protesters from the abyss. No trads are out there reaching lost souls. They are too busy arguing about the shape of the earth and the way mass is conducted. He’s meeting people where the rubber hits the road saving saving people who otherwise wouldn’t know what traditional catholic even means.

Offline AnthonyPadua

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Re: Father Chad Ripperger
« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2025, 09:59:19 PM »
I love fr Ripperger he saved my life. I’d had never heard a lecture on virtues until I came across his work on YouTube. I’m sure trads will trash him but he’s out there doing Gods work and saving protesters from the abyss. No trads are out there reaching lost souls. They are too busy arguing about the shape of the earth and the way mass is conducted. He’s meeting people where the rubber hits the road saving saving people who otherwise wouldn’t know what traditional catholic even means.
He is a novus ordo priest meaning it's doubtful he has any sacramental power (which is a big problem for his so called exorcisms). The only people he is really helping are those that use him as a stepping stone and move into tradition.

Re: Father Chad Ripperger
« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2025, 10:35:37 PM »
He is a novus ordo priest meaning it's doubtful he has any sacramental power (which is a big problem for his so called exorcisms). The only people he is really helping are those that use him as a stepping stone and move into tradition.
Are you willing to bet your soul he’s never performed a legitimate exorcism? Because that is a serious accusation. If you’re right that’s damning. If you’re wrong though……. that’s damning. Are you that positive your assumption is correct?