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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 398 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ENERGICI, or ENERGUMENS (Gr. " possessed by a spirit ")  , the name given in the See also:early See also:Church to those suffering from different forms of See also:insanity, who were popularly supposed to be under the See also:control of some indwelling spirit other than their own . Among See also:primitive races everywhere disease is explained in this way, and its removal supposed to be effected by priestly prayers and incantations . They were sometimes called xeeµaOuevol, as being " tossed by the waves " of uncontrollable impulse . Persons afflicted in this way were restricted from entering the church, but might See also:share the shelter of the See also:porch with lepers and persons of offensive See also:life (See also:Hefele, Conciliengeschichte, vol. i . § 16) . See also:ENERGY After the prayers, if quiet, they might come in to receive the See also:bishop's blessing (A See also:post . Const. viii . 6, 7, 32) and listen to the See also:sermon . They were daily fed and prayed over by the exorcists, and, in See also:case of recovery, after a fast of from 20 to 40 days, were admitted to the See also:eucharist, and their names and See also:cures entered in the church records . A See also:note on the New Testament use of the word 1,ePye1v and its cognates will be found in J . A . See also:Robinson's edition of The See also:Epistle to the See also:Ephesians, pp .

241-247; an excursus on "The Conflict with Demons " in A . See also:

Harnack, The Expansion of See also:Christianity, i . 152-180 . Cf . See also:EXORCISM .

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