The Scriptures speak of anointing the sick with oil, and throughout the Whole of the Sacred Volume there is abundant evidence to show that oil was much used for the person by outward application.

“I let him pray for my daughter at a hill he suggested ... asked her to remove all her clothes so that he could apply anointing oil on her to drive away evil spirits. The minor told police ...

This tradition continues in the New Testament, where James 5:14 advocates for the anointing of the sick with oil by the ...

The anointing of the King has echoes of a christening or the ordination into religious orders, with the monarch being symbolically touched with holy oil on the head, chest and hands. Patriarchate ...