Demons Know Authority | Fr. Chad Ripperger Explains #shorts

Added: 2026-05-28

[00:00:00]We're commanding him to leave. Because the the demons know the authority structure perfectly.

[00:00:07]And so they know when the priest has received the faculties from the bishop that he has the authority to command him to leave.

[00:00:13]And so this is you know, we even saw this with Christ.

[00:00:19]So Christ said, you know, he said by my name you'll cast out demons. What he did not say is by my name you'll cast out all demons. And how do we know that? Because he also says later to the apostles, these types of demons can only be cast out by prayer and fasting. Okay, you still use Christ's name, but there's other things. Well, the authority of the church. So when Christ said to the apostles, all authority has been given to me. Go therefore and baptize all nations. He deputized the apostles and gave them an authority which then is passed on to us as exorcists when we're doing that. And that's how the fathers talk about this lineage of authority being passed.

[00:00:53]That authority then the demons know that you have that authority.