The Holy Grimoire: How Medieval Christians Practiced Magic in God's Name
In the world of medieval magic, where grimoires filled with demonic conjurations and pagan rituals were branded as heretical and their practitioners faced the flames of the Inquisition, one extraordinary book dared to bridge the forbidden realm of sorcery with Christian faith. While the Catholic Church waged war against magical texts and condemned their users as servants of Satan, a remarkable manuscript emerged that would challenge everything the Church taught about the boundaries between divine worship and mystical practice.
This was no ordinary grimoire — this was magic sanctioned by Heaven itself. Known as Liber Iuratus Honorii or the Sworn Book of Honorius, this book had magic spells and rituals in it, same as the others. But this one was Christian.
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