2007-01-30 06:22:19 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No. There are no witches in the Catholic Church.
Catholic Church teaches:
All practices of magic or sorcery, by which one attempts to tame occult powers, so as to place them at one's service and have a supernatural power over others - even if this were for the sake of restoring their health - are gravely contrary to the virtue of religion.
These practices are even more to be condemned when accompanied by the intention of harming someone, or when they have recourse to the intervention of demons.
With love in Christ.
2007-01-30 16:11:43 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not officially, no.
I do know of a Wiccan who incorporates certain elements of Catholicism into her rituals, but that's more a case of religious eclecticism, I think. There are Santeria and Voudoun people who also draw on Catholic imagery (it's quite common in Santeria). Look at art portraying the Orishas, as revered in Santeria, and they're often portrayed as Catholic saints. However, I don't think that any of this is officially condoned by the Church, which has historically stood against witchcraft.
2007-01-30 06:37:39 · answer #2 · answered by solarius 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Witchcraft is a technique of sympathetic magic, not a religion per se.
So someone who is Catholic COULD, conceivably, use the technique of witchcraft in a Christian setting, but first they'd have to get around that old "thou shalt not suffer a witch to live" line from the Bible (which is in fact a mistranslation of the term "poisoner"), and then make the energy-interdependence and self-determinist theories of witchcraft jibe with the Christian idea of one God who holds the reins of the universe.
Many witches believe that their practices and Christianity are incompatible for this very reason.
2007-01-30 06:39:10 · answer #3 · answered by prairiecrow 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a mouthful.
Not suprising as many pagan beliefs and practices crept into that religion. Just look at the catholics in South America that mix their pagan beliefs with catholicism.
It's a weird marriage.
2007-01-30 06:32:25 · answer #4 · answered by Emperor Insania Says Bye! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here is some food for thought.
Internet Book of Shadows: Being A Witch in Britain Today (James ...
Many people talk of white and black magic. This is an entirely Christian concept ... to suggest that it is rife within the Roman Catholic church in America. ...
www.sacred-texts.com/bos/bos611.htm
Fetichism in West Africa: Chapter XIII: The Fetich--Superstition ...
Nobody likes to be reminded of his sins or witch deeds, and be condemned to be ... In place of this, the Roman Catholic records enjoin "that all mothers ...
www.sacred-texts.com/afr/fiwa/fiwa15.htm
This ones the one to proove a NO to your question.
Fetichism in West Africa: Chapter XIII: The Fetich--Superstition ...
Nobody likes to be reminded of his sins or witch deeds, and be condemned to be ... In place of this, the Roman Catholic records enjoin "that all mothers ...
www.sacred-texts.com/afr/fiwa/fiwa15.htm
2007-01-30 06:39:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not according to the Magisterium of the Roman Catholic Church, however there are always people who use the cafeteria approach to their faith, picking and choosing what they agree with and not, so from their perspective, maybe.
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2007-01-30 06:31:48 · answer #6 · answered by vinslave 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Withcraft is condemned by the 1:st commandment.
There are exorcists though, but they fight satan with the power of Jesus.
Those who practise magic do so with the help of demons, there is no "white" magic.
God can work miracles though through the intercession of his saints.
2007-01-30 06:34:29 · answer #7 · answered by carl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. You cannot be catholic and a witch. The two religions do not support each other.
2007-01-30 06:35:00 · answer #8 · answered by sister steph 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A white which?
No such animal...
2007-01-30 06:35:14 · answer #9 · answered by keiichi 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Why not...witchcraft and Catholicism are both based on superstitious mumbo jumbo anyway.
2007-01-30 06:36:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋