Since this is about the other thread on Ripperger, here is the most recent reply I posted on that one.
(And Lad's thread gets a free bump)
"I don't know what to say. Everyone wants pre-vatican 2 sources. The photo I posted of the preface on the copy of the long form St Michael prayer stated that the laity could pray it in private. At the end of the prayer there's an imprimatur.
Both of Ripperger's books in question have an imprimatur. He says we can adjure demons in private.
The Catholic encyclopedia article has an Imprimatur. It states all laity may adjure privately.
Two of three bishops, pre VII. Three bishops and a priest that studied theology. All probably have degrees in theology.
Your conclusion doesn't have an Imprimatur. Neither does my opinion.
I dunno. My understanding is that an Imprimatur is a traditional means of implying a work is free of error.
Which way am I supposed to lean as a Catholic ?"
Pax
Lots of garbage has an "Imprimatur". We "lean" as Catholics toward ... there's no benefit or need for Lay Exorcisms, no upside and tremendous downside.
St. Alphonsus, Doctor of the Church, not just some suspect Modernist "Bishop" clearly teaches that ...
1) only imperative adjurations may be made and ...
2) imperative adjurations may only be made by Exorcists against demons.
This is not MY conclusion, but the clear teaching of St. Alphonsus.
As for the Catholic Encyclopedia and Ripperger, they claim to base their "conclusions" on St. Thomas and St. Alphonsus, but that's garbage, as neither saint taught what they claim they taught.
I've never seen a pre-Vatican II "Exorcism" prayer fror use by the Laity. Of the "Exorcism" prayer tied to Pope Leo XIII, only the prayer to St. Michael is approved for use by the Laity, but the private / minor Exorcism part at the end comes with a WARNING (correctly so) that it is to be said by priests only. It is termed "private" only because it's not the formal prayer in the Approved Official Exorcism Rite. There's the Long Form of the St. Michael prayer, which has not adjuration of demons, but the accompanying Exorcist Adjuration is not intended for use by the faithful.
Ripperger's theology degree might as well have come from a CrackerJack box, as Novus Ordo theology programs are garbage. I took multiple graduate-level classes at both Loyola Universit and The Catholic University of America, and I can assure you they were completely worthless. I learned more Catholic theology in the first month at STAS than in all those classes combined.
But you do what you want. Go ahead and conjure demons for yourself and see what happens. I for one trust perfectly in God, Our Blessed Mother, my Guardian Angel, the Guardian Angels of my family, and St. Michael. Saints advise us to ignore demons and the devil, knowing full well that they can do nothing against those of us who have been Redeemed by Christ ... except what God the Father allows. It demonstrates extreme hubris to fancy that our Delivernace/Binding Prayers have greater efficacy than the protection of the God, Our Lady, the Angels, and the Saints and the Sacramentals of the Church, and Deliverance/Binding is decidedly and unequivocally Protestant terminology, all hinging on the Protestant presumpation that all "faithful Christians" have "power" over demons ... with its underlying disparagement of the Priesthood and the Churchs' authority.
You guys need to stop pushing this dangerous Protestant garbage being promoted by Ripperger.
EVEN ASSUMING that there could be some theoretical justification for it (I have seen none ... no evidece for Ripperger's assertion that we can use these in the case of those over whom we have authority), it's incredibly dangerous. It just takes a momentary bit of arrogance, fancying ourselves as having some kind of power, just a tiny little "taunt" of the devil ... and all literal Hell could break loose.
Catholics need to stay far away from this garbage and seek refuge in Our Lady, the Terror of Demons. Period. This Deliverance/Binding stuff is just Protestant garbage repackaged wtih a veneer of Traditional smellls and bells.