Is exorcism accepted in the Eastern Orthodox Church?

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Is exorcism accepted in the Eastern Orthodox Church?

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Did Roman Catholicism invent the idea of exorcism? or, did the practice originate before the schism?

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Re: Is exorcism accepted in the Eastern Orthodox Church?

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Exorcism is biblical. It's not a Roman innovation. Every Orthodox baptism includes an exorcism.

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