If he must be judged of by his parents, let him rather have the advantage of the thorough loyalty and religiousness of his mother, a most zealous old lady, in high repute in the neighbourhood of Sicca for her Theurgic knowledge, a staunch friend of the imperial government, which had before now been indebted to her for important information, and as staunch a hater of the Christians.
"Callista"
John Henry Cardinal Newman
It impresses on baptism a spiritual character, and excludes every Theurgic conception of the rite, every doctrine that gives to it in the least degree a mechanical efficacy.
"The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians"
G. G. Findlay
And on the cultus of angels and spirits, which was closely connected with Theurgic superstition, St. Augustine's judgment is very instructive.
"Christian Mysticism"
William Ralph Inge