Renowned exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth’s 7 lessons on actions of the devil

Father Gabriele Amorth, a renowned Italian exorcist who passed away 10 years ago on Sept. 16, 2016 , left behind a valuable legacy of lessons about the devil, drawn from Amorth’s many years of ministry.

Here are seven lessons he shared throughout his life:

1. “Satan is always active. He has been the tempter from the beginning.” In a June 2004 interview with Italian Vatican expert Sandro Magister, Amorth discussed the state of Satanism and the devil’s influence on contemporary culture.

“In general terms, Satan is always active. He has been the tempter from the beginning. He does everything he can to make man sin, and whenever evil is committed, he is behind it — though it remains clear that man freely chooses his own actions. But there is also an extraordinary form of action by the evil one: diabolical possession,” he said at the time.

2. “The world is under the power of the devil.” In the book “ The Last Exorcist ,” co-authored with Vatican expert Paolo Rodari, Amorth stated that “the world is under the power of the devil. And alongside Satan are many of his prophets — people whom the Bible calls false prophets. False because they lead to lies rather than the truth.”…