Fr. James Martin's Books

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I inherited two books by Fr. James Martin, SJ. They are My Life With the Saints and The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything. I know that Fr. Martin’s recent book Building a Bridge contains heresy and/or the near occasion of heresy. I am wondering if his other books, including the two above, are also heretical. Is his writing to be avoided at all costs, or are some of them profitable for orthodox Catholics?
 
My Life with the Saints is pretty good. It also won all kinds of Catholic book awards, has been out for 10 years, and I never heard a peep about a problem with it. Haven’t read the other one.
 
My Life with the Saints is a wonderful book! It will give you a whole new view of who the saints are (and he includes some not-yet saints as well) and why we should appreciate them.

The Jesuit Guide is an introduction to Ignatian spirituality. If you’ve ever wondered just what makes the Jesuits the men they are, you will get a sense of it from this book.
 
So much orthodox Catholic writing out there. I have zero interest in reading his books. My recommendation, as far as a living author? Silence, by Robert Cardinal Sarah.
 
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I know that Fr. Martin’s recent book Building a Bridge contains heresy and/or the near occasion of heresy.
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I’m thinking rather than you “know” his book contains heresy, that you simply “think” his book contain heresy.

Heresy, even “the near occasion” is a grave term, often thrown around too loosely these days.
 
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Fr. James Martin is a priest in good standing with the Church. Furthermore, he is a Jesuit in good standing, a member of the Pope’s own order. He has never been, to my knowledge, reprimanded or censored in any manner by Rome nor by the Jesuits.
Yes, many here at CAF or at Fr Z’s blog etc. may routinely declare him to be a heretic… but I would NEVER risk my eternal soul by presuming such a judgment of a priest whose superiors, up to and including Rome, have not judged…

You KNOW his writings are heretical? You have thus set yourself up as an authority above and beyond that of the Magisterium.
 
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I know that Fr. Martin’s recent book Building a Bridge contains heresy and/or the near occasion of heresy.
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I’ve read this book, and found no such thing. Could you tell us exactly which passages are heretical?
 
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