In medieval Europe, people with abnormal behaviors were often felt to be possessed by evil spirits. A common method of treatment was , a form of physical and mental torture conducted by priests and designed to eliminate the spirits from the afflicted person's body.

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Exorcism is the act of expelling or expelling demons or evil spirits, usually from people; there may be cases involving places or objects. According to the religious view, the exorcism ritual only occurs when the demonic possession (by the devil or his angels) is verified. This ritual is practiced by Catholic priests, there are reports that other cultures also performed rituals similar to this one. Currently, the Roman Catholic Church still believes in diabolical possessions and its priests perform the “royal exorcism”, a 27-page ritual where holy water, prayers and relics (or Christian symbols) are used in order to expel demons or evil spirits . There are Protestant churches that also believe in demonic possession and practice a ritual of expelling these spirits, however, unlike Catholicism, Protestantism executes expulsion solely by using the name of Christ and prophetic words.

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