Malachi Martin
| Malachi Brendan Martin | |
|---|---|
| Born |
July 23, 1921 Ballylongford, County Kerry, Ireland |
| Died | July 27, 1999 (aged 78) New York, New York, U.S. |
| Pen name | Michael Serafian |
| Occupation | Novelist Priest Professor (Pontifical Biblical Institute) exorcist theologian |
| Nationality | Irish, American |
| Relatives | Father F. X. Martin (brother) |
Malachi Brendan Martin (Irish: Maolsheachlainn Breandán Ó Máirtín; July 23, 1921 – July 27, 1999), occasionally writing under the pseudonym Michael Serafian, was an Irish Catholic priest and writer on the Catholic Church. Originally ordained as a Jesuit priest, he became Professor of Palaeography at the Vatican's Pontifical Biblical Institute. From 1958 he served as secretary to Cardinal Bea during preparations for the Second Vatican Council.
Disillusioned by reforms, he asked to be released from certain of his Jesuit vows in 1964 and moved to New York City, where he later became an American citizen.
His 17 novels and non-fiction books were frequently critical of the Catholic Church, which he believed had failed to act on the third prophecy revealed by the Virgin Mary at Fátima. Among his most significant works were The Scribal Character of The Dead Sea Scrolls (1958) and Hostage To The Devil (1976) which dealt with satanism, demonic possession, and exorcism. The Final Conclave (1978) was a warning against alleged Soviet spies in the Vatican.
Martin was born in Ballylongford, County Kerry, Ireland to a middle-class family in which the children were raised speaking Irish at the dinner table. Catholic belief and practice were central; his three brothers, including Francis Xavier Martin, also became priests, two of them academics.
Martin received his secondary education at Belvedere College in Dublin. He studied philosophy for three years at University College, Dublin, and on September 6, 1939, became a novice with the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits). He taught for three years, spent four years at Milltown Park, Dublin, and was ordained in August 1954.
Upon completion of his degree course in Dublin, Martin was sent to the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium, where he took a doctorate in archaeology, oriental history and semitic languages. He started postgraduate studies at both the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and at the University of Oxford, specializing in intertestamentary studies and knowledge of Jesus Christ and of Hebrew and Arabic manuscripts. He undertook additional study in rational psychology, experimental psychology, physics and anthropology.
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