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Fr. Francis Martin

Fr. Francis Martin is a noted Scripture scholar and is Professor of New Testament at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C..  He is Senior Fellow at the Intercultural Forum for Faith and Culture at the John Paul II Cultural Center in D.C. and visiting professor at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit, Michigan.  In the past, he has taught at Gregorian University in Rome, Ecole Biblique in Jerusalem, Catholic University in Washington, D.C. and holds the Cardinal Adam Maida Chair in Biblical Studies at Sacred Heart Major Seminary.  He has also taught at Franciscan University of Steubenville and the John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family in Washington, D.C. He received his STL from St. Thomas Pontifical University in 1959 and his SSD from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in 1978. Fr. Martin’s publications include The Life Changer, Baptism in the Holy Spirit, The Feminist Question, The Fire in the Cloud, and Sacred Scripture: The Disclosure of the Word, as well as Acts in the Ancient Christian Commentary Series. He is Spiritual Advisor to the Mother of God Community in Gaithersburg, MD.

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