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Liberation from the Power of Evil (Ioannis Karavidopoulos, Professor Emeritus of New Testament Hermeneutics, A. U. Th.)

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The central aim of the Gospel reading for the fifth Sunday of Matthew is to demonstrate Christ’s Messianic power. Through Jesus’ activity in the world, His crucifixion, resurrection then the foundation of the Church, the destructive work of the demons is abolished, people are liberated from their domination and a new era begins for humanity. Indicators of this new era are the cures of the possessed, that is of people suffering from some psychological ailment due to the influence of a demon. If we describe the two unfortunates in today’s narrative in modern terms, and assisted by the parallel narratives of the same event by the other evangelists -who speak of the healing of only one demoniac (Mark 5, 1-20 and Luke ...

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