{"id":85908,"date":"2026-08-27T10:10:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T14:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=85908"},"modified":"2026-08-27T10:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T14:10:49","slug":"symposium-on-devil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/symposium-on-devil\/","title":{"rendered":"Symposium On Devil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>From EWTN:<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-[18px] md:text-[20px] first-of-type:mt-5 mt-[16px] lg:mt-[28px] leading-[28px] md:leading-8 normal \">A recent symposium in Fortaleza, Brazil, on demonology and exorcism \u201cfocused on the theological affirmation of the devil\u2019s existence as part of Catholic doctrine,\u201d Father Diogo Jairo Rebou\u00e7as told ACI Digital. The priest is an exorcist for the Diocese of Limoeiro do Norte in Cear\u00e1 state and coordinator of the gathering held Aug. 18\u201319.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-[18px] md:text-[20px] first-of-type:mt-5 mt-[16px] lg:mt-[28px] leading-[28px] md:leading-8 normal \">The symposium drew 240 participants, 76% of whom were laypeople. According to Rebou\u00e7as, the event was open to this audience because its goal was not \u201cto provide training for performing exorcisms\u201d but rather \u201cto reflect theologically in light of Scripture, tradition, and the magisterium on the reality of the angelic beings who chose damnation.\u201d\u00a0\u201cWe are convinced that this perspective is highly beneficial for deepening the faith of any and every Christian,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From EWTN: A recent symposium in Fortaleza, Brazil, on demonology and exorcism \u201cfocused on the theological affirmation of the devil\u2019s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-85908","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85908"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85910,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85908\/revisions\/85910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}