[39] Sulpitius Severus (d. 420-5) in his _Dialogues_, III (II), 6; (Migne, _Patres Latini_, XX, 215) tells us that S. Martin of Tours was wont to cast out demons by prayer alone without the imposition of hands or the use of the formulæ recommended to the clergy. Similar instances occur in the lives of the Saints. [40] Translated from the _Rituale Romanum_. There are several forms extant, some authorized, but more, perhaps, unauthorized. There is an authorized form in the Greek _Euchologion_. It commences with the Trisagion, and Psalms, _Domine exaudi_ (cxlii.), _Dominus regit me_ (xxii.), _Dominus illuminatio mea_ (xxvi.), _Esurgat Deus_ (lxvii.), _Miserere_ (lvi.), _Domine ne in furore_ (vi.), _Domine exaudi orationem_ (ci.). Then follows the Consolatory Canon, with a long Hymn addressed to Our Lord, Our Lady, and All Saints. Next the priest anoints the patient, saying a prayer over him, and so the office closes. [41] It is also given in the _Horæ Diurnæ O.P._, Rome, 1903, where an indulgence of 300 days is attached, plenary once a month. [42] Ab insidiis diaboli, libera nos Domine; Ut Ecclesiam tuam secura tibi facias libertate seruire, te rogamus, audi nos; Ut inimicos sanctæ Ecclesiæ humiliare digneris, te rogamus, audi nos. _Et aspergatur locus aqua benedicta._ [43] Holy water, the commonest of the sacramentals, is a mixture of exorcised salt and exorcised water. [44] Of Eastern origin. It should be remembered that the Baptism of Christ in Jordan is commemorated on the Epiphany. In the present Breviary office in Nocturn I the first response for the day, the Octave, and the Sunday within the Octave deal with the Baptism, as does the second response. The antiphon to the Benedictus and the Magnificat antiphon at Second Vespers also make mention of the same mystery. In Rome the Latin rite of the Blessing of the Waters is pontificated by a Cardinal at S. Andrea della Valle on 5 January, about 3.30 p.m., at the church of the Stimmate of S. Francesco at 9.30 a.m. on the Feast itself. On the Vigil the Oriental rite is performed at the Greek church of S. Atanasio, beginning about 3.30 a.m. [45] See Wilson, _Western Africa_; and the article “Possession diabolique” by Waffelaert in the _Dictionnaire apologétique de la foi catholique_, Paris, 1889. The opinion of the Cistercian Dom Robert de la Trappe (Dr. Pierre-Jean-Corneille Debreyne), who, whilst acknowledging that the demoniac possessions as detailed in the New Testament are _de fide_, supposes that all other cases are to be attributed to fraud or disease, must be severely censured as regrettably rash and even culpable. _Essai sur la théologie morale_, IV. p. 356. [46] S. Justin. Martyr, _Apologia_, VI; _Dialogues_, XXX, LXXXV: Minutius Felix, _Octavius_, XXVII; Origen, _Contra Celsum_, I, 25; VII, 4, 67: Tertullian, _Apologia_, XXII, XXIII. [47] Paulinus, _Uita Ambrosii_, 28, 43. [48] S. Gregory of Nyssa, _De Uita Ephraem_.