13 May 609: Dedication of the Roman Pantheon as “Santa Maria ad martyres”. Boniface IV’s exorcism of the temple, screaming of the demons.

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Dear readers, this is the sort of thing that Popes do! They fight against the forces of Hell and they work for the salvation of souls.

For example, when the ancient obelisk that was in the Circus of Caligula off to the side of St. Peter’s Basilica was moved to the center of the piazza in 1586, Pope Sixtus V caused to be inscribed on its base words from the Rite of Exorcism. And he exorcized the thing to stand against the approach to the basilica of demons and the possessed Priests were asked to repeat the words from the exorcism as they approached. Pope Sixtus took a pagan thing, exorcized it, and made it a bulwark against the demonic.

That was then.

Now, demon idols are brought into the Basilica and placed on the ALTAR over the bones of the first Vicar of Christ.

Here’s another things Popes do. In 609 Pope Boniface IV took a pagan thing… the pagan thing… exorcised it and made it into a church! This is the pattern, by the way. One might say, “This is the way.” Before things are consecrated, they are exorcized. If you watched the video of the consecration of the new church Kansas that the SSPX built, you see the pattern in all they do. Even in the Traditional Mass the pattern is there before the reading of the Gospel: purification and then the blessing. I digress.

This is something I have posted before.

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