Russian Byzantine Paranormal Belief

Russian Byzantine Paranormal Belief is based on the Christian bible where 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.

Russian Byzantine paranormal belief is 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.

Russian Byzantine paranormal belief is 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.

Russian Byzantine paranormal belief is 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.

The Russian Byzantine Religion was founded by Vladimir Soloviev in the mid 19th century. Prior to this Russian Christians were unorganized groups who were in communion with the Church of Rome.Note that the oldest Russian faith was and still is the Russian Orthodox Church which has never officially separated from the Church of Rome. Soloviev himself was received into the Church of Rome as a Catholic in 1896.

This caused problems for the educated and less so, as joining the Roman Catholic Church separated them from celebrating the Divine Liturgy of the Orthodox Church. Roman Catholics celebrated the Mass not the Divine Liturgy.

A part of the problem was that the Roman Catholic authorities wanted the Mass celebrated in Latin not Russian.

The practicing of the Russian Byzantine Religion in Russia was illegal until The Decree of Religious Tolerance in 1905. Russian Catholics stood firm to Soloviev's belief, that one could celebrate in the Orthodox tradition while being in communion with Rome, and to his dream of Church Unity which is unity of faith.

The Catholic Church continued to grow in Russia, thanks in no small part to Soloviev's influence and the desire to enter into full communion with the Church of Rome spread from Russia to Ukraine and Georgia.

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