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Windswept House: A Vatican Novel is a 1996 novel by former Jesuit priest Malachi Martin. The novel details turmoil within the Catholic Church and corruption in Vatican City. Malachi alleged the novel depicted real events in the form a non-fiction novel similar to the works of Taylor Caldwell, or Truman Capote 's In Cold Blood. [1]
In the book, Martin calls himself an exorcist, claiming he assisted in several exorcisms. According to McManus Darraugh, William Peter Blatty "wrote a tirade against Malachi, saying his 1976 book was a fantasy, and he was just trying to cash in." [10] Darraugh also said that Martin became "an iconic person in the paranormal world." [10]
Martin introduces the concept of superforce in the book. Superforce is the unofficial name given by Martin for a more or less formal group of people within the hierarchy of the Catholic Church (82). Martin claimed that this superforce is a sort of ecclesiastical version of a hostile corporate takeover team and that it was made up of churchmen ...
Pages in category "Books by Malachi Martin" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D.
In 2004, O'Keefe responded to criticisms from Malachi Martin and stated that Martin had been released from all his priestly vows save the vow of chastity. It is claimed that attacks were mounted on Martin in retaliation for his book The Jesuits , which is hostile to the Jesuit order, of which he had formerly been a member.
James Martin, author of My Life With the Saints and The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything; culture editor of the America magazine; Malachi Martin, author of sixteen books, had three Ph.Ds, spoke ten languages; Ignacio Martín-Baró, martyr of El Salvador
Most Jesuit colleges and universities have their own presses which produce a variety of books, book series, textbooks, and academic publications. La Civiltà Cattolica , a periodical produced in Rome by the Jesuits, has often been used as a semi-official platform for popes and officials of the Roman Curia to float ideas for discussion or hint ...
This is a list of Jesuit theologians, Roman Catholic theological writers from the Society of Jesus, taken from the Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913, article list and textual allusions, for theologians up to the beginning of the twentieth century. It is chronologically arranged by date of death.