Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Paranormal Belief

Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Paranormal Belief is based on Christian paranormal belief. In the Christian it is stated, that is forbidden that believers attempt contact with malevolent spirits that pretend to be spirits of the dead, as stated in Deuteronomy 18:11 and that the dead should not have contact with the living as stated in Luke 16:19-31.

Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Paranormal belief is that this contact results in contact with spirits that are not of the dead but malevolent spirits which are deceitful and pretending to be such and as such are commanded by Satan and are named as demons, evil spirits and unclean spirits.

Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Paranormal belief is that these spirits are familiar with the recent dead and is the reason why they have knowledge with intimate name details, places, situations and circumstances. In the bible this is referred to as a familiar spirit, Isaiah 29:4.

It is believed by Christians that the plan of demon spirits to become interested in all that they do especially the wonders they seem to b e able to perform and thus affect people and move them away from their relationship with God.

Often those interested in the paranormal including ghosts and end up experimenting with other activities such as Ouija boards, tarot cards, astrology, fortune telling etc. The search for spirituality often results in delving deeper into the occult which results in an ever increasing downward slope into the occult.

As stated in the bible it is believed that Satan will have then "blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God." (2 Cor. 4:4).

Christians believe in God and in the Devil and believe that God is stronger than the Devil.

Christians believe in the rite of exorcism to rid those possessed by evil spirits of said evil spirits This rite must be performed by an ordained priest who is specially trained for this purpose.

God created everything that is perfect, and anything that Satan created is not perfect. It is quite clear then that sin itself would have been created by Satan, and not God, it is also then quite clear that God can do anything-God is perfection. God is love.

Satan is not.

To safeguard the faith members are discouraged from marrying outside of the church. Members who have a civil marriage ceremony are not regarded as being married in the sacrament.The church Canon consists of 81 books all of which are accepted by other Orthodox and Oriental Christians.

The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church is an Oriental Orthodox Christian church which is the national Church of Ethiopia. It was founded by a Syrian Greek, Frumentius and achieved independence from the Coptic and Ethiopian Orthodox Churches in 1948.

The existing primate of the church is His Holiness Abune Paulos, Fifth Patriarch and Catholicas of Ethiopia who also holds the positions of Ichege of the See of St Tekle Haymanot, Archbishop of Axum and President of the World Council of Churches.The church is headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and has 45 million adherents.

This church as with most orthodox churches believe in the single nature of Christ not the Trinity.

As stated in Wikipedia, the faith and practice includes elements from Christianity as it has developed in Ethiopia over the centuries and include elements from a non-Christian heritage that are rejected by more educated church members but that are shared by ordinary priests.

It is believed that a hierarchy of Kidusan (angelic messengers and saints) conveys the prayers of the faithful to God and carries out the divine will, so when an Ethiopian is in difficulty, he or she appeals to these as well as God.Weekly services are a part of religious observance as well as several holy days which require prolonged services, singing, dancing and feasting.

An important religious requirement is the keeping of fast days. Only the clergy and the very devout maintain the full schedule of fasts comprising 250 days. The laity is expected to fast 165 days per year, including every Wednesday and Friday and the two months that include Lent and Easter.

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