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Fr. James Martin SJ sports double ‘devil horns’ to introduce Metallica on the Colbert Report, Sept. 24, 2013.
October 3, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) – Famed moral theologian Janet Smith criticised Jesuit Father Martin’s “slick dissent” from Church teaching on sexuality “and its pernicious influence” in a recent column. She said that his “scandalous” interpretation of Catholic teaching could jeopardize the salvation of the people who hear his message.
“Souls could well be lost,” she wrote in a column last week for Catholic World Report. Smith is a professor of moral theology at the Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit, Michigan.
“Anyone reading his book or listening to his talks can reasonably conclude that Father Martin believes the Church does not present correctly God’s plan for sexuality,” Smith said, “that he thinks the culture knows better.”
The book she referenced was Martin’s Building a Bridge, which Smith called “one of the most aggravating instances” of reemerging dissent in the Church.
The book is “full of ambiguity,” she said.
While Martin continually claims that he doesn’t oppose the Church’s moral teaching, Smith noted that “the subtext makes his position clear, as do many statements
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