Dr. Mary Healy Explains The Fourth Key: The Command

Meet Matt’s “go-to theologian,” the best-selling author and international speaker Dr. Mary Healy, Professor of Scripture at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit, general editor of the Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture, and more.

This episode helps Christians of all backgrounds explore common questions and concerns regarding the Fourth Key of Unbound: The Command.

Does a lay person have the authority to command demons? Dr. Healy distinguishes between private exorcism and the rite of exorcism, which is reserved only for Bishops and specifically-authorized priests.
She gives scriptures and examples surrounding the Fourth Key, also known as adjuration, which means to command someone in the name of a higher authority.

Dr. Healy lists numerous resources for those wishing to explore this aspect of deliverance ministry further, saying “Hardly a week goes by that I don’t recommend that book to some person or group somewhere in the world.” Can you guess what “that book” is? She also describes how to put oneself in a
spiritually dangerous position. The answer is not what you might guess!

Be sure to listen to the very end to hear Dr. Healy’s eloquent and powerful concluding prayer.

Find the book Deliverance Ministry published by the ICCRS Doctrinal Commission

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Release: October 2024
Music by Christian Harper
Artwork by Rosemary Strohm
Production by Christian Harper