Of Exorcisms and

Certain
Supplications

Of Exorcisms and Certain Supplications (Latin: De

Exorcismis et Supplicationibus Quibusdam) is an
84-page document of the Catholic Church
containing the current version of the Rite of
Exorcism authorised for use in the Latin Church.
Overview
The ritual book was published on 26 January
1999, making it the last liturgical book to be
revised following the Second Vatican Council of
1962–1965.[1] The preceding revision of the
document was in 1614.[2] A slightly amended
edition was issued in 2004.[3]

The document was originally issued only in Latin,

but some versions in the vernacular are extant,
including an English translation entitled Exorcisms
and Related Supplications, which was confirmed
by the Vatican in December of 2016.[4][5]

Following the trends in Catholic approaches to

alleged cases of possession since the pontificate of
Leo XIII in the 19th
Depart, then,
century, the new transgressor. Depart,
revision includes a seducer, full of lies and
warning not to cunning, foe of virtue,
confuse mental illness persecutor of the

with demonic innocent. Give place,

abominable creature, give
possession. It also
way, you monster, give
removes several
way to Christ, in whom
descriptions of Satan,
you found none of your
which sat works. For he has already
uncomfortably with stripped you of your
the Church's powers and laid waste
doctrine, and states your kingdom, bound you
prisoner and plundered
that the devil is "a
your weapons. He has
spirit without body,
cast you forth into the
without colour and outer darkness, where
without odour."[2] everlasting ruin awaits
you and your abettors.
The 2004 edition Partial text of older
contains two chapters English version[2]
and two appendices.

Chapter One
Title: The Rite of Major Exorcism.

This text is used for the formal ceremony of

solemn exorcisms, which are always performed
with the express permission of a bishop. It is for
use only by mandated priest-exorcists.
Chapter Two
Title: Various texts which may be used ad lib as
part of the rite.

This Chapter is subdivided into three sections: a

collection of nine psalms with concluding prayers;
a collection of five Gospel readings; two pairs of
deprecative and imperative formulae of exorcism.

Appendix One
Title: Prayers and exorcism for use in particular
circumstances of the church.

An introductory rubric states: The Devil and other

demons can not only afflict persons (by temptation
and vexation), but also places and objects, and can
cause various forms of opposition and persecution
of the Church. If the diocesan Bishop, in the
particular circumstances, judges it opportune to
announce meetings for the faithful to pray, under
the guidance and direction of the priest, selected
prayers and directives can be taken from the
following pages.

Appendix One contains the following liturgy:

A liturgical greeting.
An optional liturgy of the Word – reading(s)
and homily.
A collect addressed to the Holy Spirit.
 Optionally, general intercessions concluding
with the Lord’s Prayer.
A statement of purpose.
An extract from Psalm 68[6] with
congregational response.
The act of exorcism, first as an deprecative
formula, then imperative.
The Sub tuum prayer and a slightly revised
version of an exorcism prayer to St Michael.
A sprinkling with holy water, blessing and
dismissal.

Appendix Two
Title: Prayers which may be used privately by the
faithful in the struggle against the powers of
darkness.

Appendix Two contains the following (all in Latin):

Five collect-style prayers to God.

A short litany of invocations of the Holy
Trinity.
A long litany of invocations of Jesus.
Short invocations to the Lord with the sign of
the Cross.
Invocations of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
including the Sub tuum and Memorare.
The well-known shorter Prayer to St Michael.
A short litany of saints.
References
1. Speech of Cardinal Medina Estévez. (https://ww
w.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/ccdds/
documents/rc_con_ccdds_doc_1999-01-26_il-rit
o-degli-esorcismi_it.html) Official website of
the Vatican, accessed 21 May 2014.
2. "Exorcism - Revised rite" (http://natcath.org/NC
R_Online/archives2/2000c/090100/090100j.ht
m) by John L. Allen, Jr., National Catholic
Reporter, 1 September 2000
3. De exorcismis et supplicationibus quibusdam (http
s://books.google.com/books?id=6XTgOwAACAA
J) . Libreria Editrice Vaticana. 2004.
ISBN 978-88-209-4822-1.
4. "Exorcism" (https://web.archive.org/web/20221
102021846/https://www.usccb.org/prayer-and
 -worship/sacraments-and-sacramentals/sacramen
tals-blessings/exorcism) . United States
Conference of Catholic Bishops. Archived from
the original (https://www.usccb.org/prayer-and
-worship/sacraments-and-sacramentals/sacramen
tals-blessings/exorcism) on 2 November 2022.
Retrieved 7 November 2022.
5. "First official English exorcism rite unveiled" (http
s://web.archive.org/web/20221107202101/http
s://catholicherald.co.uk/first-official-english-e
xorcism-rite-unveiled/) . Catholic Herald. 2
November 2017. Archived from the original (http
s://catholicherald.co.uk/first-official-english-e
xorcism-rite-unveiled/) on 7 November 2022.
Retrieved 7 November 2022.
6. Note that this is indicated as Psalm 67 according to
the Greek numbering customarily used in Catholic
 liturgical books.

External links
The second part of the Roman Ritual,
containing the exorcism ritual in its entirety (ht
tp://www.ewtn.com/library/PRAYER/ROMA
N2.TXT) . Note that this is an unofficial
English translation of the Latin text in force
prior to the 1999 revision.

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