- Hardcover: 704 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins Distribution Services (Oct 1987)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0671545051
- ISBN-13: 978-0671545055
- Product Dimensions: 23.9 x 16.3 x 4.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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In "The Jesuits, " Malachi Martin reveals for the first time the harrowing behind-the-scenes story of the "new" worldwide Society of Jesus. The leaders and the dupes; the blood and the pathos; the politics, the betrayals and the humiliations; the unheard-of alliances and compromises. "The Jesuits" tells a true story of today that is already changing the face of all our tomorrows.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Fr.Malachi Martin exposes those in the Jesuit order who no longer support Papal authority and are clerical rebels of the worst degree.
Fr.Malachi shows that this once extolled order has fallen into the trap of liberalism and Modernism which has taken the order away from the ideals of St.Ignatius.
Fr.Malachi shows that this once extolled order has fallen into the trap of liberalism and Modernism which has taken the order away from the ideals of St.Ignatius.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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As I read through the pages, I was impressed by this author's ecclesiastical knowledge.
I was struck with the accuracy with which he recounted the record of twentieth century popes and the Jesuits. That is, until I came to the claim that John Paul I (Albino Luciani) opposed the Jesuits' opposition of the rich in Central America.
There has never been a greater supporter of Liberation Theology than the 33-day Pope. In each of his four public audiences, John Paul spoke on behalf of the poor, often referring to what was going on in Central America. When he died, Liberation Theology died with him.
Consider John Paul's last televised declaration available today on the Net, "It is the inalienable right of no man to accumulate wealth beyond the necessary while other men starve to death because they have nothing."
I was a member of the Sandinista military detail that seized Banco Ambrosiano branch (Vatican Bank) in Managua, Nicaragua in October 1979. Because the funds had been drawn down in cash, it was not possible to determine the $378 million transferred to this branch by the Vatican went to the Contras. Yet, it is the only logical conclusion one can come to. Particularly, when one considers the man who transferred the money--John Paul II--was a great ally of the CIA and the Contras and a great enemy of the Sandinista government.
Conversely, John Paul I had been a great ally of the Sandinistas and would have been a great enemy of the Contras. I remember how excited we were the day he was elected. I also remember the day he announced he would lead the Puebla Conference and set its theme as Liberation Theology. He would lead the poor in Central America against the coalition of ruling juntas and the United States (CIA). It makes all the sense in the world, the conspiracy that masterminded the Vatican bank scandal was the same conspiracy which planned the murder of the 33-day Pope.
Murder in the Vatican: The CIA and the Bolshevik Pontiff by Lucien Gregoire - friend/biographer of Albino Luciani - sets the historical record straight as to what went on between John Paul I and Central America. It also proves it cost him his life.
Two books in one book, the biography part recounts countless boyhood incidents that molded him into what he would become. In one case, the boy Luciani tells his father who had placed him in a minor seminary. "I want to be a Jesuit." His atheist father, who intended he bring change to the Church, talks him out of it, knowing that Albino could only rise to the papacy through the mainstream.
Don't get me wrong. `The Jesuits' is a good book. Yet, its author, likely influenced by what Washington and the Vatican wants one to know, does not do justice to what went on in my native land at the time.
I was struck with the accuracy with which he recounted the record of twentieth century popes and the Jesuits. That is, until I came to the claim that John Paul I (Albino Luciani) opposed the Jesuits' opposition of the rich in Central America.
There has never been a greater supporter of Liberation Theology than the 33-day Pope. In each of his four public audiences, John Paul spoke on behalf of the poor, often referring to what was going on in Central America. When he died, Liberation Theology died with him.
Consider John Paul's last televised declaration available today on the Net, "It is the inalienable right of no man to accumulate wealth beyond the necessary while other men starve to death because they have nothing."
I was a member of the Sandinista military detail that seized Banco Ambrosiano branch (Vatican Bank) in Managua, Nicaragua in October 1979. Because the funds had been drawn down in cash, it was not possible to determine the $378 million transferred to this branch by the Vatican went to the Contras. Yet, it is the only logical conclusion one can come to. Particularly, when one considers the man who transferred the money--John Paul II--was a great ally of the CIA and the Contras and a great enemy of the Sandinista government.
Conversely, John Paul I had been a great ally of the Sandinistas and would have been a great enemy of the Contras. I remember how excited we were the day he was elected. I also remember the day he announced he would lead the Puebla Conference and set its theme as Liberation Theology. He would lead the poor in Central America against the coalition of ruling juntas and the United States (CIA). It makes all the sense in the world, the conspiracy that masterminded the Vatican bank scandal was the same conspiracy which planned the murder of the 33-day Pope.
Murder in the Vatican: The CIA and the Bolshevik Pontiff by Lucien Gregoire - friend/biographer of Albino Luciani - sets the historical record straight as to what went on between John Paul I and Central America. It also proves it cost him his life.
Two books in one book, the biography part recounts countless boyhood incidents that molded him into what he would become. In one case, the boy Luciani tells his father who had placed him in a minor seminary. "I want to be a Jesuit." His atheist father, who intended he bring change to the Church, talks him out of it, knowing that Albino could only rise to the papacy through the mainstream.
Don't get me wrong. `The Jesuits' is a good book. Yet, its author, likely influenced by what Washington and the Vatican wants one to know, does not do justice to what went on in my native land at the time.
8 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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The book is not a history of the Jesuits since the founding of the Society, rather it focuses on 'recent' church politics and tensions between the Society and the Vatican of Pope John Paul II. At the outset I should say that my view of the Society of Jesus is generally more sympathetic than the author's and I disagree with much of his argument.
A strength of this book is that it doesn't pretend to be balanced. The author is a former Jesuit who is clearly unhappy with the direction of the Society. I imagine his audience to be those of the Catholic community who view the Second Vatican Council as having been 'hijacked by liberals', 'misguided', perhaps even 'an aberration'. If you are one of those people, or if you enjoy Jesuit-bashing, I daresay you will enjoy Malachi Martin's book. If you are not, it will give you an alternative view of the largest religious order in the Roman Catholic Church, espoused by someone clearly passionate about his subject.
If you are looking for a history of the Society this book is not for you. Similarly, if you are looking for a 'hagiography', or a balanced approach to the issues and tensions within the order, this book will disappoint. The book is a piece of polemic. Two stars for a first hand account of one side of the story.
A strength of this book is that it doesn't pretend to be balanced. The author is a former Jesuit who is clearly unhappy with the direction of the Society. I imagine his audience to be those of the Catholic community who view the Second Vatican Council as having been 'hijacked by liberals', 'misguided', perhaps even 'an aberration'. If you are one of those people, or if you enjoy Jesuit-bashing, I daresay you will enjoy Malachi Martin's book. If you are not, it will give you an alternative view of the largest religious order in the Roman Catholic Church, espoused by someone clearly passionate about his subject.
If you are looking for a history of the Society this book is not for you. Similarly, if you are looking for a 'hagiography', or a balanced approach to the issues and tensions within the order, this book will disappoint. The book is a piece of polemic. Two stars for a first hand account of one side of the story.
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