Malachi Martin

Malachi Brendan Martin (em irlandês: Maolsheachlann Breandán Ó Máirtín; 23 de julho de 1921 – 27 de julho de 1999), também conhecido pelo pseudónimo Michael Serafian, foi um padre católico irlandês e escritor da Igreja Católica. Originalmente ordenado padre jesuíta, se tornou professor de Paleontologia no Pontifício Instituto Bíblico do Vaticano. A partir de 1958, Martin também atuou como consultor teológico do Cardeal Agostinho Bea durante os preparativos para o Concílio Vaticano II.

Malachi Brendan Martin Maolsheachlann Breandán Ó Máirtín
Pseudónimo(s)	Michael Serafian
Nascimento	23 de julho de 1921 Ballylongford, Condado de Kerry, Irlanda
Morte	27 de julho de 1999 (78 anos) Nova Iorque, EUA
Nacionalidade	Irlandês, Americano
Ocupação	Arqueólogo bíblico Padre Católico Exorcista Romancista Professor Universitário Teólogo

Desiludido pelas reformas na Igreja e com a Ordem Jesuíta, em 1964, obteve do papa Paulo VI a dispensa dos votos de pobreza e de obediência à Companhia de Jesus mas manteve o voto de castidade, tornando-se sacerdote leigo. Em 1965 mudou-se para Nova York onde inicialmente trabalhou como lavador de pratos e taxista, mais tarde tornou-se escritor em tempo integral e cidadão norte-americano.

Seus 17 romances e livros de não-ficção foram frequentemente críticos a Igreja Católica, a qual acreditava que havia falhado em agir a respeito do Terceiro segredo de Fátima, revelado pela Virgem Maria em Fátima. Entre suas obras mais significativas estão The Scribal Character Of The Dead Sea Scrolls (1958) e Hostage To The Devil (1976), que tratam de satanismo, possessão demoníaca e exorcismo, e The Final Conclave (1978) que é um alerta contra espiões soviéticos no Vaticano.

Bibliografia

Livros

• The Scribal Character of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Vol. 1, Bibliothèque du Muséon 44, Publications Universitaires, Louvain, 1958
• The Scribal Character of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Vol. 2, Bibliothèque du Muséon 45, Publications Universitaires, Louvain, 1958
• The Pilgrim: Pope Paul VI, The Council and The Church in a time of decision, Farrar, Straus, New York, 1964 (written under the pseudonym of Michael Serafian)
• The Encounter: Religion in Crisis, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1969 ISBN 0-374-14816-3 (in collaboration with Henry Allen Moe)
• Three Popes and the Cardinal: The Church of Pius, John and Paul in its Encounter with Human History, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1972 ISBN 0-374-27675-7
• Jesus Now, E. P. Dutton, New York, 1973 ISBN 0-525-13675-4
• Hostage to the Devil: The Possession and Exorcism of Five Living Americans, 1st edition, Readers Digest, New York, 1976 ISBN 0-06-065337-X; 2nd edition with a new preface by the author, HarperSanFrancisco, San Francisco, 1992 ISBN 0-06-065337-X
• The Final Conclave, Stein and Day Publishers, New York, 1978 ISBN 0-8128-2434-2
• King of Kings: a Novel of the Life of David, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1980 ISBN 0-671-24707-7
• The Decline and Fall of the Roman Church, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1981 ISBN 0-399-12665-1
• The New Castle: Reaching for the Ultimate, E.P. Dutton, New York, 1984 ISBN 0-525-16553-3
• Rich Church, Poor Church: The Catholic Church and its Money, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1984 ISBN 0-399-12906-5
• There is Still Love: Five Parables of God's Love That Will Change Your Life, Macmillan, New York, 1984 ISBN 0-02-580440-5
• Vatican: A Novel, Harper & Row, New York, 1986 ISBN 0-06-015478-0
• The Marian Year of His Holiness, Pope John Paul II, Saint Paul, Remnant Press, 1987
• The Jesuits: The Society of Jesus and the Betrayal of the Roman Catholic Church, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1987 ISBN 0-671-54505-1
• God's Chosen People: The Relationship between Christian and Jews, Remnant Press, Saint Paul, 1988
• Apostasy Within: The Demonic in the (Catholic) American Church, Christopher Publishing House, Hanover, 1989 ISBN 0-8158-0447-4 (in collaboration with Paul Trinchard S.T.D.)
• The Keys of This Blood: The Struggle for World Dominion between Pope John Paul II, Mikhail Gorbachev, and the Capitalist West, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1990 ISBN 0-671-69174-0
• The Thunder of Justice: The Warning, the Miracle, the Chastisement, the Era of Peace, MaxKol Communications, Sterling, 1993 ISBN 0-9634307-0-X (in collaboration with Ted Flynn and Maureen Flynn)
• Windswept House: A Vatican Novel, Doubleday, New York, 1996 ISBN 0-385-48408-9
• In the Murky Waters of Vatican II, MAETA, Metairie, 1997 ISBN 1-889168-06-8 (in collaboration with Atila Sinke Guimarães)
• Fatima Priest: The Story of Father Nicolas Grüner, Gods Counsel Publishing, Pound Ridge, 1997 ISBN 0-9663046-2-4 (in collaboration with Francis Alban and Christopher A. Ferrara)

Artigos

• Revision and reclassification of the Proto-Byblian signs, in Acta Orientalia, No. 31, 1962
• The Balu'a Stele: A New Transcription with Paleographic and Historical Notes, Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan, 1964, 8–9 (in collaboration with Ward William)
• The Dialogue is Over, in Worldview Magazine, Vol. 17 No. 1 Jewish Christian Ceasefire, Council on Religion and International Affairs, New York, January 1974 OCLC 5856776 (in collaboration with James A. Rudin and David R. Hunter) [1]
• The Scientist as Shaman, in Harper's Magazine, Vol. 244 No. 1462, March 1972 [2]
• Death at Sunset, in National Review, November 22, 1974
• The Scientist as Shaman, in Clarke, Robin, Notes for the future: an alternative history of the past decade, Universe Books, New York, 1975 ISBN 0-87663-929-5
• On Toying with Desecration, in National Review, October 10, 1975
• On Human Love, in National Review, September 2, 1977
• Test-Tube Morality, in National Review, October 13, 1978
• Footsteps of Abraham, in The New York Times, March 13, 1983 [3]

Ver também

• Franz König
• Marcel Lefebvre
• Emmanuel Milingo
• Leo Joseph Suenens