makes him also be rebaptised in the name of the Devil and take another name. It would seem that he does this in order that the witch should be thereby persuaded that his first Baptism is wholly annulled, and that it can be of no more service to him.
Remy, lib. 3. Demonol. c. 6.For many witches, after they have fallen into the hands of justice, ask to be rebaptised: certainly Clauda Coirieres, Christofle of Aranthon, Pierre Vuillermoz, and several others have made such a request.
Of Chrism we may say much the same as of Baptism, that it is a sovereign antidote against the power of the Devil: and this is confirmed by the statements of witches, who say that, when they have transformed themselves into wolves and wish to kill and eat children, they cannot touch that part which has been anointed with the Holy Chrism. This I know from the confessions of Jacques Bocquet, Clauda Jamprost and Thievenne Paget. The Chrism is of such worth and virtue that St. Cyril the Bishop speaks of it in these words: “Just as the bread in the Eucharist is no longer bread but the Body of Jesus Christ after the words have been pronounced, so also this Holy Unguent can no longer be called a simple or common ointment after it has been consecrated, but is a gift of grace which brings to us and gives us the presence of Jesus Christ and of the Holy Spirit, that is to say, His Divinity.” Ræmond, Antichrist, c. 39.And according to Pope Fabian this Holy Unguent was instituted by Jesus Christ after He had supped with His disciples.
But the Devil exacts even more conditions; for sometimes he forbids those who give themselves to him to say the Apostles’ Creed. He did so in