Event Factoid
https://spear-prosop.org/796-35Event Factoid: Maro
explained to the people that he would not perform exorcisms because they
are a means by which deceitful fiends possess the innocent in order to
trick exorcists and healers into believing that they are more powerful
than they really are--causing them to fall into the trap of pride and
vainglory.
Sources:
- E. W Brooks, trans.,Lives of the Eastern Saints I,Patrologia Orientalis 17.1 (1923), https://archive.org/stream/patrologiaorient17pariuoft#page/n7/mode/2up, p: 64-67.
