Professor of Dogmatic Theology
Ph.D., Catholic University of America, Washington D.C., 2005
M.A., University of St. Thomas, Minnesota, 1996
Office Location: Administration Building Room 133
Phone: (651) 962-5792
Fax: (651) 962-5790
Email: wash0777@stthomas.edu
Mailing Address:
The Saint Paul Seminary
2260 Summit Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55105
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Faculty Accomplishments
2005
Ph.D., Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. My dissertation was St. Roberto Cardinal Bellarmino’s Defense of Catholic Christology against the Lutheran Doctrine of Ubiquity. I defended my dissertation with distinction (2004). My major field was Early Modern Catholic Theology. My minor fields were Patristics and Ecclesiology.
1996
M.A. in Theology, The Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN. My major field of study was Patristics.
1993
B.A., St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN. I double majored in economics and religion.
2018–Present
Professor of Dogmatic Theology, The Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN.
2012–2018
Associate Professor of Dogmatic Theology, The Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN.
2008–2012
Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology, The Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN.
2005–2008
Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology and Church History, St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Overbrook, PA.
2003–2005
Instructor of Systematic Theology and Church History, St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Overbrook, PA.
2026
Washburn, Christian D., ed. A Defense of Pilgrimages and Relics, by Gregory Martin. St. Paul, MN: Praxedes Press, 2026.
2026
Washburn, Christian D., and Steven Hoskins, eds. Proclaiming Jesus Christ: Catholic and Evangelical Perspectives on Evangelization. St. Paul, MN: Saint Paul Seminary Press, 2026.
2026
Washburn, Christian D., ed. Ten Reasons Why Every Protestant Should Become Catholic, by Edmund Campion. St. Paul, MN: Praxedes Press, 2026.
2025
Washburn, Christian D., ed. A Treatise on Blind Obedience, by Robert Bellarmine. St. Paul, MN: Praxedes Press, 2025.
2025
Washburn, Christian D., ed. Bellarmine’s Advice on How to be a Good Bishop, by Robert Bellarmine. St. Paul, MN: Praxedes Press, 2025.
2025
Washburn, Christian D., ed. A Catholic Catechism, by Robert Bellarmine. St. Paul, MN: Praxedes Press, 2025.
2025
Washburn, Christian D., ed. An Explanation of the Apostles’ Creed, by Rober Bellarmine. St. Paul, MN: Praxedes Press, 2025.
2025
Washburn, Christian D., ed. An Explanation of the Our Father, by Robert Bellarmine. St. Paul, MN: Praxedes Press, 2025.
2024
Washburn, Christian D., and Steven Hoskins, eds. Walking with Jesus Christ: Catholic and Evangelical Perspectives on the Moral Life. St. Paul: Saint Paul Seminary Press, 2024.
2024
Washburn, Christian D., ed. The Indefectibility of the Faith of the Catholic Church: A Response to Calvin, by Martin Becanus, S.J. St. Paul, MN: Praxedes Press, 2024.
2023
Washburn, Christian D., ed. A Short Catholic Catechism for Children, by Robert Bellarmine. St. Paul, MN: Praxedes Press, 2023.
2016
Washburn, Christian D., ed. The Seven Last Words from the Cross, by Robert Bellarmine. Tacoma, WA: Cluny Media, 2016.
2016
Washburn, Christian D., ed. The Church of Christ, by Joseph Clifford Fenton. Tacoma, WA: Cluny Media, 2016.
2026
Washburn, Christian D., trans. Ten Reasons Why Every Protestant Should Become Catholic, by Edmund Campion. St. Paul, MN: Praxedes Press, 2026.
2025
Washburn, Christian D., trans. A Treatise on Blind Obedience, by Robert Bellarmine. St. Paul, MN: Praxedes Press, 2025.
2025
Washburn, Christian D., trans. Bellarmine’s Advice on How to be a Good Bishop, by Robert Bellarmine. St. Paul, MN: Praxedes Press, 2025.
2025
Washburn, Christian D., trans. A Catholic Catechism, by Robert Bellarmine. St. Paul, MN: Praxedes Press, 2025.
2025
Washburn, Christian D., trans. An Explanation of the Apostles’ Creed, by Robert Bellarmine. St. Paul, MN: Praxedes Press, 2025.
2025
Washburn, Christian D., trans. An Explanation of the Our Father, by Robert Bellarmine. St. Paul, MN: Praxedes Press, 2025.
2024
Washburn, Christian D., trans. The Indefectibility of the Faith of the Catholic Church: A Response to Calvin, by Martin Becanus, S.J. St. Paul, MN: Praxedes Press, 2024.
2023
Washburn, Christian D., trans. A Short Catholic Catechism for Children, by Robert Bellarmine. St. Paul, MN: Praxedes Press, 2023.
2026
Washburn, Christian D. “St. Robert Bellarmine on the Nature of the Sacrifice of the Mass as a True and Proper Sacrifice.” Submitted.
2026
Washburn, Christian D. “The Sixteenth-Century Jesuit Critique of Protestant Trinitarian and Christological Errors, and their Implication for Baptism and Ecumenical Dialogue.” Lux Veritatis (2026).
2026
Washburn, Christian D. “St. Robert Bellarmine, the One True Church of Christ, and Lumen Gentium 8’s subsistit in.” Sino Christian Studies 42 (2026).
2025
Washburn, Christian D. “The Reception of Pastor Aeternus by Jesuit Theologians, and the Possibility of Papal Heresy.” Nova et Vetera 23 (2025): 1291–1309.
2024
Washburn, Christian D. “Pastor Aeternus, Robert Bellarmine, and the Possibility of a Heretical Pope.” Theological Studies 85 (2024): 309–316.
2024
Washburn, Christian D. “Baptism Invalidity through the Changing of the Form: A Primer.” Antiphon: A Journal for Liturgical Renewal 28 (2024): 1–40.
2022
Washburn, Christian D. “The First Vatican Council and Extreme and Moderate Infallibility in 19th-Century England: Ward, Newman, and Manning.” Annales Historiae Conciliorum 52 (2022): 407–440.
2022
Washburn, Christian D. “St. Francis de Sales, the One True Church of Christ, and Lumen Gentium 8’s subsistit in.” Salesianum 84 (2022): 785–814.
2022
Washburn, Christian D. “A Defense of St. Robert Bellarmine’s Definition of Sacrifice.” Antiphon: A Journal for Liturgical Renewal 26 (2022): 252–280.
2021
Washburn, Christian D. “Conciliar Infallibility and Error in the Thomistic Ecclesiology of St. Robert Bellarmine, S.J.” The Journal of Early Modern Christianity 8 (2021): 251–273.
2020
Washburn, Christian D. “The Ecclesiological Status of Non-Catholic Ecclesial Communities Stemming from the Reformation.” Josephinum Journal of Theology 27 (2020): 14–34.
2020
Washburn, Christian D. “St. Robert Bellarmine, Conciliarism, and the Limits of Papal Power.” Perichoresis: The Theological Journal of Emanuel University 18 (2020): 21–41.
2020
Washburn, Christian D. “Pastor Aeternus, Liberalism, and the Limits of Papal Authority.” Horizons: The Journal of the College Theology Society 47 (2020): 119–127.
2019
Washburn, Christian D. “Three 16th Century Thomist Solutions to the Problem of a Heretical Pope: Cajetan, Cano, and Bellarmine.” The Thomist: A Speculative Quarterly Review 83 (2019): 547–588.
2019
Washburn, Christian D. “St. Lawrence of Brindisi on the One True Church of Christ.” Collectanea Franciscana 89 (2019): 189–222.
2019
Washburn, Christian D. “The New Natural Lawyers, Contraception, Capital Punishment, and the Infallibility of the Ordinary Magisterium.” Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture 22 (2019): 19–50.
2018
Washburn, Christian D. “Capital Punishment and the Infallibility of the Ordinary and Universal Magisterium.” The Thomist: A Speculative Quarterly Review 82 (2018): 353–406.
2017
Washburn, Christian D. “Doctrine, Ecumenical Progress, and Problems with Declaration on the Way: Church, Ministry, and Eucharist.” Pro Ecclesia 26 (2017): 59–80.
2016
Washburn, Christian D. “The First Vatican Council, Archbishop Henry Manning, and Papal Infallibility.” Catholic Historical Review 102 (2016): 712–745.
2015
Washburn, Christian D. “The Second Vatican Council, Lumen Gentium, and subsistit in.” Josephinum Journal of Theology 22 (2015): 145–175.
2015
Washburn, Christian D. “Transformative Power of Grace and Condign Merit at the Council of Trent.” The Thomist: A Speculative Quarterly Review 79 (2015): 173–212.
2015
Washburn, Christian D. “The Second Vatican Council and the Theological Authority of Sacrosanctum Concilium as a Constitution.” Nova et Vetera 13 (2015): 1093–1124.
2014
Washburn, Christian D. “The Theological Priority of Lumen Gentium and Dei Verbum for the Interpretation of the Second Vatican Council.” The Thomist: A Speculative Quarterly Review 78 (2014): 107–134.
2013
Washburn, Christian D. “St. Robert Bellarmine on the Authoritative Interpretation of Sacred Scripture.” Gregorianum 94 (2013): 55–77.
2012
Washburn, Christian D. “Papal Infallibility, Vatican I, and Three 16th Century Views: Cajetan, Cano, and Bellarmine.” Annuarium Historiae Conciliorum 44 (2012): 143–170.
2012
Washburn, Christian D. “St. Robert Bellarmine’s Theology of the Sacrament of Ordination.” Josephinum Journal of Theology 19 (2012): 265–282.
2012
Washburn, Christian D. “The Value of Offering Sacrifice for the Dead in the Thought of the Fathers of the Church.” Antiphon: A Journal for Liturgical Renewal 16 (2012): 154–178.
2010
Washburn, Christian D. “St. Robert Bellarmine on the Infallibility of General Councils of the Church.” Annuarium Historiae Conciliorum 42 (2010): 171–192.
2008
Washburn, Christian D. “The Theological Writings of St. Robert Bellarmine [on Theological Anthropology].” The Remnant Review 4 (2008): 73–100.
2026
Washburn, Christian D. “The Role of Doctrine in Evangelization.” Proclaiming Jesus Christ: Catholic and Evangelical Perspectives on Evangelization. Ed. Steven Hoskins and Christian D. Washburn. St. Paul: Saint Paul Seminary Press, 2026.
2026
Washburn, Christian D. and Steven Hoskins. “Evangelization and Friendship.” Proclaiming Jesus Christ: Catholic and Evangelical Perspectives on Evangelization. Ed. Steven Hoskins and Christian D. Washburn. St. Paul: Saint Paul Seminary Press, 2026.
2026
Washburn, Christian D., “Gregory Martin on Pilgrimages and Relics.” A Defense of Pilgrimages and Relics. by Gregory Martin. St. Paul, MN: Praxedes Press, 2026.
2026
Washburn, Christian D. “St. Edmund Campion’s Rationes Decem.” Ten Reasons Why Every Protestant Should Become Catholic, by Edmund Campion. St. Paul, MN: Praxedes Press, 2026.
2025
Washburn, Christian D. “Bellarmine on Obedience.” A Treatise on Blind Obedience, by Robert Bellarmine. St. Paul, MN: Praxedes Press, 2025.
2025
Washburn, Christian D. “Bellarmine and the Reform of the Episcopate in the 17th Century.” Bellarmine’s Advice on How to be a Good Bishop, by Robert Bellarmine. St. Paul, MN: Praxedes Press, 2025.
2025
Washburn, Christian D., ed. “Bellarmine’s Large Catechism.” A Catholic Catechism, by Robert Bellarmine. St. Paul, MN: Praxedes Press, 2025.
2025
Washburn, Christian D. “Joseph Ratzinger the Theologian, Lumen Gentium 8’s subsistit in, and Ecumenism.” Interpreting the Signs of the Times: Church and Secularity in the Theology of Joseph Ratzinger/ Pope Benedict XVI. Ed. Pietro Luca Azzaro & Stephen M. Hildebrand. Steubenville, OH: Emmaus Academic, 2025.
2025
Washburn, Christian D. “Bellarmine on the Apostles’ Creed.” An Explanation of the Apostles’ Creed, by Robert Bellarmine. St. Paul, MN: Praxedes Press, 2025.
2025
Washburn, Christian D. “Bellarmine on the Lord’s Prayer.” An Explanation of the Our Father, by Robert Bellarmine. St. Paul, MN: Praxedes Press, 2025.
2024
Washburn, Christian D. “Martin Becanus and Indefectibility.” The Indefectibility of the Faith of the Catholic Church: A Response to Calvin, by Martin Becanus, S.J. St. Paul, MN: Praxedes Press, 2024.
2024
Washburn, Christian D. and Steven Hoskins. “Dialogue in Pursuit of the Moral Life: A Testimony of Ecumenical Friendship.” Walking with Jesus Christ: Catholic and Evangelical Visions of the Moral Life. Ed. Steven Hoskins and Christian D. Washburn. St. Paul: Saint Paul Seminary Press, 2024.
2024
Washburn, Christian D. “’What Must I Do to Be Saved?’: The Power of Grace, the Moral Life, and Eschatology in Catholic Doctrine and Theology.” Walking with Jesus Christ: Catholic and Evangelical Visions of the Moral Life. Ed. Steven Hoskins and Christian D. Washburn. St. Paul: Saint Paul Seminary Press, 2024.
2024
Washburn, Christian D. “Fruitful Married Love: The Catholic Church’s Teaching on Marriage, Abortion, and Contraception.” Walking with Jesus Christ: Catholic and Evangelical Visions of the Moral Life. Ed. Steven Hoskins and Christian D. Washburn. St. Paul: Saint Paul Seminary Press, 2024.
2024
Washburn, Christian D. “Theological Sources for Morality: Scripture, Tradition, and the Magisterium.” Walking with Jesus Christ: Catholic and Evangelical Visions of the Moral Life. Ed. Steven Hoskins and Christian D. Washburn. St. Paul: Saint Paul Seminary Press, 2024.
2023
Washburn, Christian D. “Bellarmine’s Short Catechism for Children.” A Short Catholic Catechism for Children, by Robert Bellarmine. St. Paul, MN: Praxedes Press, 2023.
2023
Washburn, Christian D. “Schools of Theology at the Council of Trent.” The Cambridge Companion to the Council of Trent. Ed. Nelson H. Minnich. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023.
2022
Washburn, Christian D. “Foreword.” In Stanley L. Jaki. New Trends in Ecclesiology. Port Huron, MI: Real View Books, 2022.
2019
Washburn, Christian D. “The Council of Trent and Vatican I.” The Oxford Handbook of Catholic Theology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019.
2017
Washburn, Christian D. “Ex inimico amicus: Catholic Teaching on Initial Justification.” Justified in Jesus Christ: Evangelicals and Catholics in Dialogue. Ed. Steven Hoskins and David Fleischacker. Bismarck, ND: University of Mary Press, 2017.
2017
Washburn, Christian D. “Engrafted into Christ: Sanctification and the Transformative Power of Grace in the Catholic Tradition.” Justified in Jesus Christ: Evangelicals and Catholics in Dialogue. Ed. Steven Hoskins and David Fleischacker. Bismarck, ND: University of Mary Press, 2017.
2017
Washburn, Christian D. “Nothing Unclean Will Enter Heaven: Justification and Eschatology.” Justified in Jesus Christ: Evangelicals and Catholics in Dialogue. Ed. Steven Hoskins and David Fleischacker. Bismarck, ND: University of Mary Press, 2017.
2016
Washburn, Christian D. “Introduction to the Spiritual Writings of St. Robert Bellarmine.”The Seven Last Words from the Cross, by Robert Bellarmine. Tacoma, WA: Cluny Media, 2016.
2016
Washburn, Christian D. “Life and Works of Joseph Clifford Fenton.”The Church of Christ, by Joseph Clifford Fenton. Tacoma, WA: Cluny Media, 2016.
2015
Washburn, Christian D. “The Shaping of Modern Catholic Anthropology in the Context of the Counter-Reformation. St. Robert Bellarmine and the Transformative Power of Grace.” Das Menschenbild der Konfessionen-Achillesferse der Ökumene? Ed. Bertram Stubenrauch and Michael Seewald. Freiburg im Breisgau: Verlag Herder, 2015.
2014
Washburn, Christian D. “The Catholic Use of the Scriptures in Ecumenical Dialogue.” Verbum Domini and the Complementarity of Exegesis and Faith. Grand Rapids, MI: W.B. Eerdmans Pub., 2014.
2023
Washburn, Christian D. Review of The Inner Life of Catholic Reform: From the Council of Trent to the Enlightenment, by Ulrich L. Lehner. The Scottish Journal of Theology (2023).
2020
Washburn, Christian D. Review of The Indissolubility of Marriage & the Council of Trent, by E. Christian Brugger. Nova et Vetera 18 (2020): 731–740.
2019
Washburn, Christian D. Review of A Brief, Liberal, Catholic Defense of Abortion, by Daniel A. Dombrowski and Robert Deltete. Linacre Quarterly 86 (2019): 145–147.
2014
Washburn, Christian D. Review of Compendium of Creeds, Definitions, and Declarations on Matters of Faith and Morals, 43rd edition by Denzinger and Hünermann. Nova et Vetera 12 (2014): 597–600.
2011
Washburn, Christian D. Review of On Conscience, by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger. Linacre Quarterly 78 (2011): 237–238.
2009
Washburn, Christian D. Review of Magisterium: Teacher and Guardian of the Faith, by Avery Cardinal Dulles. Linacre Quarterly 76 (2009): 446–449.
2008
Washburn, Christian D. Review of Apologetics as Meant by Newman, by Stanley L. Jaki. Nova et Vetera 6 (2008): 703–705.
2006
Washburn, Christian D. Review of The Saint as Censor: Robert Bellarmine Between Inquisition and Index, by Peter Godman. The Catholic Historical Review 92 (2006): 665–666.
2026
The National Evangelical-Catholic Dialogue, Proclaiming Jesus Christ: Catholic and Evangelical Visions of Evangelization. Ed. Christian D. Washburn and Steven Hoskins. St. Paul: Saint Paul Seminary Press, 2026.
2024
The National Evangelical-Catholic Dialogue, Walking with Jesus Christ: Catholic and Evangelical Visions of the Moral Life. Ed. Christian D. Washburn and Steven Hoskins. St. Paul: Saint Paul Seminary Press, 2024.
2023
The National Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue, Faithful Teaching: Common Statement of the Twelfth Round of the U.S. Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue. Ed. Lowell G. Almen and Denis J. Madden. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2023.
2022
The International Lutheran-Roman Catholic Commission on Unity, Baptism and Growth in Communion: Report of the Lutheran-Roman Catholic Commission on Unity. 2022.
2017
The National Evangelical-Catholic Dialogue, Justified in Jesus Christ: Evangelicals and Catholics in Dialogue. Ed. Steven Hoskins and David Fleischacker. Bismarck, ND: University of Mary Press, 2017.
2013
The International Lutheran-Roman Catholic Commission on Unity, From Conflict to Communion: Lutheran-Catholic Common Commemoration of the Reformation in 2017. Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 2013. Also published in German as Vom Konflikt zur Gemeinschaft: Gemeinsames lutherisch-katholisches Reformationsgedenken im Jahr 2017. Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 2013.
2011
The National Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue, The Hope of Eternal Life-Common Statement of the Eleventh Round of the U.S. Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue. Ed. Lowell G. Almen and Richard J. Sklba. Minneapolis, MN: Lutheran University Press, 2011.
2011
Washburn, Christian D. “The Meaning of Indulgences.” The Catholic Servant, November 2011.
2011
Washburn, Christian D., and Stephen A. Hipp. “The Profession of Faith and the Oath of Fidelity.” The Catholic Servant, October 2011.
2007
Washburn, Christian D. “What Does the Church Teach about Indulgences?” Interview for Catholic Standard and Times, July 5, 2007.
2007
Washburn, Christian D. “Cardinal Rigali/ Dr. Christian Washburn on Indulgences.” Interview for Holy Spirit Radio, June 27, 2007.
2007
Washburn, Christian D. “Philadelphia Archdiocese Offers Indulgences.” Interview by David O’Reilly. The Philadelphia Inquirer. Posted on Monday, June 25, 2007.
2024
“The Sixteenth Century Jesuit Critique of Protestant Trinitarian and Christological Errors, and their Implication for Baptism and Ecumenical Dialogue.” Presented at the Trinity Symposium, Christendom College, Front Royal, VA, April 13, 2024.
2022
“Joseph Ratzinger the Theologian, Lumen Gentium 8’s subsistit in, and Ecumenism.” Presented at the 2022 Conference of the Pope Benedict XVI/Joseph Ratzinger Foundation, Steubenville, OH, October 21, 2022.
2017
“Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue: Past, Present, and Future.” Presented at a Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue Symposium held at the Edmundite Center for Faith and Culture at St. Michael’s College, Colchester, VT, September 26, 2017.
2010
“Catholic Mission and Ecumenism after the 1910 World Missionary Conference.” Presented to the Minnesota Consortium of Theological Schools, United Theological Seminary, New Brighton, MN, October 6, 2010.
2007
“’This Book has Ruined Us’: The Development of St. Robert Bellarmine’s Controversies.” Presented to Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY, April 12, 2007.
2007
“Ecumenical Convergence Flowing from Multiple Bilateral Dialogues: Implications for Lutheran-Catholic Relations.” Presented to the Lutheran-Catholic Clergy Dialogue of Philadelphia, Augustus Lutheran Church, Trappe, PA, January 18, 2007.
2025
“The Inspiration and Truthfulness of Sacred Scripture: Brown, Fitzmyer, and the Magisterium.” Presented to the U.S. Evangelical-Catholic Dialogue, The Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN, October 24, 2025.
2023
“Catholic Reception of the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification.” Presented to the U.S. Reformed-Catholic Dialogue, Zoom Meeting, November 2, 2023.
2023
“The Role of Doctrine in Evangelization.” Presented to the U.S. Evangelical-Catholic Dialogue, The Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN, April 28, 2023.
2021
“’What Must I Do to Be Saved?’: The Power of Grace, the Moral Life, and Eschatology in Catholic Doctrine and Theology.” Presented to the U.S. Evangelical-Catholic Dialogue, Zoom, May 27, 2021.
2018
“Fruitful Married Love: The Catholic Church’s Teaching on Marriage, Abortion, and Contraception.” Presented to the U.S. Evangelical-Catholic Dialogue, University of Mary, Bismarck, ND, October 19, 2018.
2017
“Norms for Morality: Scripture, Tradition, and Magisterium.” Presented to the U.S. Evangelical-Catholic Dialogue, University of Mary, Bismarck, ND, October 19, 2017.
2017
“Nothing Unclean Will Enter Heaven: Justification and Eschatology.” Presented to the U.S. Evangelical-Catholic Dialogue, University of Mary, Bismarck, ND, March 31, 2017.
2016
“Engrafted into Christ: Sanctification and the Transformative Power of Grace in the Catholic Tradition.” Presented to the U.S. Evangelical-Catholic Dialogue, University of Mary, Bismarck, ND, October 14, 2016.
2015
“Ex inimico amicus: Catholic Teaching on Initial Justification.” Presented to the U.S. Evangelical-Catholic Dialogue, University of Mary, Bismarck, ND, October 8, 2015.
2014
“What are the Conditions for the Exercise of Authentic Teaching by the Magisterium?” Presented to the U.S. Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue, St. Paul’s College, Washington, D.C., February 20, 2014.
2007
“The Impetratory and Satisfactory Efficacy of Intercessory Prayer in Catholic Theology.” Presented to the U.S. Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue, St. Paul’s College, Washington, D.C., October 11, 2007.
2006
“The Catholic Manualist Tradition and De novissimis: 1850-1950.” Presented to the U.S. Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue, Embassy Suites Hotel, Phoenix, AZ, April 21, 2006.
2006
“Oratio pro defunctis: From the Catacombs to Gregory the Great.” Presented to the U.S. Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue, Embassy Suites Hotel, Baltimore, MD, October 12, 2006.
2006
“The Council of Trent and the Reformed Tradition.” Presented to the U.S. Reformed-Catholic Dialogue, Siena College, Loudonville, NY, April 28, 2006.
2017
“500 Years of Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue: Achievements and Future Challenges.” Presented at the conference From Conflict to Communion: Commemorating the Reformation with New Eyes, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN, October 11, 2017.
2011
“The Use of Scripture in Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue.” Presented to The Word of God in the Life and Mission of the Church: The Catholic Seminary Professor of Sacred Scripture and the Classroom. Monsignor Jerome D. Quinn Institute of Biblical Studies Conference, The Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN, June 11, 2011.
2010
“The Eschatological Orientation of the Pilgrim Church and the Priesthood.” Presented to the faculty of The Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity, University of St. Thomas, Gainey Conference Center, Owatonna, MN, August 30, 2010.
2009
“Condign Merit, the Council of Trent, and Ecumenism.” The Ireland Lecture, The Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN, October 19, 2009.
2008
“Progress and Challenge in Ecumenical Dialogues.” Presented to the Archdiocesan Workshop for Parish Ecumenical Representatives, St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Overbrook, PA, March 1, 2008.
2006
“Is There Any Merit to Trent?: Trent’s Teaching on Merit.” National Honor Society Address, St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Overbrook, PA, December 5, 2006.
2025–Present
Catholic Member on Round 4 of the U.S. Evangelical-Catholic Dialogue.
2022–Present
Catholic Member on Round 9 of the U.S. Reformed-Catholic Dialogue.
2022–2024
Catholic Member on Round 3 of the U.S. Evangelical-Catholic Dialogue.
2008–2022
Catholic Member of the International Lutheran-Roman Catholic Commission on Unity.
2017–2021
Catholic Member on Round 2 of the U.S. Evangelical-Catholic Dialogue.
2011–2021
Catholic Member on Round 12 of the U.S. Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue.
2013–2017
Catholic Member on Round 1 of the U.S. Evangelical-Catholic Dialogue.
2005–2010
Catholic Member on Round 11 of the U.S. Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue.
2005–2007
Catholic Member on Round 7 the U.S. Reformed-Catholic Dialogue.
2018
International Lutheran-Roman Catholic Commission on Unity, Plenary Meeting, Klingenthal Castle, Strasbourg, France, July 18–24, 2018. We approved the document Baptism and Growth in Communion: Report of the Lutheran-Roman Catholic Commission on Unity.
2017
International Lutheran-Roman Catholic Commission on Unity, Plenary Meeting, Opole, Poland, July 18–25, 2017.
2016
International Lutheran-Roman Catholic Commission on Unity, Plenary Meeting, Welwyn Garden City, England, July 14–21, 2016.
2015
International Lutheran-Roman Catholic Commission on Unity, Plenary Meeting, Budapest, Hungary, July 13–21, 2015.
2014
International Lutheran-Roman Catholic Commission on Unity, Plenary Meeting, Bose, Italy, July 20–28, 2014.
2013
International Lutheran-Roman Catholic Commission on Unity, Plenary Meeting, Kyoto, Japan, August 12–20, 2013.
2016
International Lutheran-Roman Catholic Commission on Unity, Lund, Sweden, October 29–November 1, 2016.
2012
International Lutheran-Roman Catholic Commission on Unity, Plenary Meeting, Paderborn, Germany, July 12–19, 2012. We approved the final draft of From Conflict to Communion commemorating the 500th anniversary of the year 1517.
2011
International Lutheran-Roman Catholic Commission on Unity, Plenary Meeting, Helsinki, Finland, July 8–15, 2011.
2010
International Lutheran-Roman Catholic Commission on Unity, Plenary Meeting, Regensburg, Germany, October 22–29, 2010.
2009
International Lutheran-Roman Catholic Commission on Unity, Plenary Meeting, Breklum, Germany, July 19–24, 2009.
2025
U.S. Evangelical-Catholic Dialogue, The Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN, October 23–25, 2025. At the meeting I delivered the paper, “The Inspiration and Truthfulness of Sacred Scripture: Brown, Fitzmyer, and the Magisterium.”
2024
U.S. Evangelical-Catholic Dialogue, The Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN, October 24–26, 2024.
2023
U.S. Evangelical-Catholic Dialogue, The Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN, November 9–11, 2023.
2023
U.S. Evangelical-Catholic Dialogue, The Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN, April 27-29, 2023. At the meeting I delivered the paper, “The Role of Doctrine in Evangelization.”
2021
U.S. Evangelical-Catholic Dialogue, The Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN, October 14–15, 2021.
2021
U.S. Evangelical-Catholic Dialogue, Zoom Meeting, May 27–28, 2021. At the meeting I delivered the paper, “’What must I do to be saved?’: The Power of Grace, the Moral Life, and Eschatology in Catholic Doctrine and Theology.”
2019
U.S. Evangelical-Catholic Dialogue, The University of Mary, Bismarck, ND, October 17–19, 2019.
2018
U.S. Evangelical-Catholic Dialogue, The University of Mary, Bismarck, ND, October 18–20, 2018. At the meeting I delivered the paper, “Fruitful Married Love: The Catholic Church’s Teaching on Marriage, Abortion, and Contraception.”
2017
U.S. Evangelical-Catholic Dialogue, The University of Mary, Bismarck, ND, October 19–21, 2017. At the meeting I delivered the paper, “Norms for Morality: Scripture, Tradition, and Magisterium.”
2017
U.S. Evangelical-Catholic Dialogue, The University of Mary, Bismarck, ND, March 30–April 2, 2017. At the meeting I delivered the paper, “Nothing Unclean Will Enter Heaven: Justification and Eschatology.”
2016
U.S. Evangelical-Catholic Dialogue, The University of Mary, Bismarck, ND, October 12–15, 2016. At the meeting I delivered the paper, “Engrafted into Christ: The Transformative Power of Grace.”
2015
U.S. Evangelical-Catholic Dialogue, The University of Mary, Bismarck, ND, October 8–10, 2015. At the meeting I delivered the paper, “Ex inimico amicus: Catholic Teaching on Initial Justification.”
2014
U.S. Evangelical-Catholic Dialogue, The Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity, University of St. Thomas, October 9–12, 2014.
2013
U.S. Evangelical-Catholic Dialogue, University of St. Thomas, October 10–13, 2013.
2019
U.S. Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue, St. Mary’s Seminary, Baltimore, MD, March 13–17, 2019.
2018
U.S. Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue, St. Mary’s Seminary, Baltimore, MD, April 11–15, 2018.
2017
U.S. Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue, St. Mary’s Seminary, Baltimore, MD, March 15–19, 2017.
2016
U.S. Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue, St. Paul’s College, Washington, D.C., April 6–10, 2016.
2015
U.S. Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue, St. Paul’s College, Washington, D.C., May 27–31, 2015.
2014
U.S. Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue, St. Paul’s College, Washington, D.C., February 20–3, 2014. At the meeting I delivered the paper, “What are the Conditions for Authentic Teaching by the Magisterium?”
2013
U.S. Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue, St. Paul’s College, Washington, D.C., April 11-14, 2013.
2012
U.S. Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue, Mundelein Seminary, Mundelein, IL, May 24–27, 2012.
2011
U.S. Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue, St. Paul’s College, Washington, D.C., October 13–16, 2011.
2010
U.S. Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue, St. Paul’s College, Washington, D.C., October 13–17, 2010.
2010
U.S. Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue, St. Paul’s College, Washington, D.C., March 10–14, 2010.
2009
U.S. Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue, St. Paul’s College, Washington, D.C., October 15–18, 2009.
2009
U.S. Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue, St. Paul’s College, Washington, D.C., March 12–15, 2009.
2008
U.S. Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue, St. Paul’s College, Washington, D.C., October 9–12, 2008.
2007
U.S. Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue, St. Paul’s College, Washington, D.C., October 10–14, 2007. At the meeting I delivered the paper, “The Impetratory and Satisfactory Efficacy of Intercessory Prayer in Catholic Theology.”
2007
U.S. Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue, Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, Columbia, SC, March 15–18, 2007.
2006
U.S. Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue, Baltimore, MD, October 12–15, 2006. At the meeting I delivered the paper, “Oratio pro defunctis: From the Catacombs to Gregory the Great.”
2006
U.S. Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue, Phoenix, AZ, April 20-23, 2006. At the meeting I delivered the paper, “The Catholic Manualist Tradition and De novissimis: 1850–1950.”
2005
U.S. Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue Cenacle Convent Center, Chicago, IL, December 1–4,2005.
2023
U.S. Reformed-Catholic Dialogue, Zoom Meeting, November 2–3, 2023. At the meeting I delivered the paper, “Catholic Reception of the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification.”
2023
U.S. Reformed-Catholic Dialogue, Lutheran Center, Chicago, IL, June 4–6, 2023.
2022
U.S. Reformed-Catholic Dialogue, Zoom Meeting, November 2–3, 2022.
2022
U.S. Reformed-Catholic Dialogue, Lutheran Center, Chicago, IL, June 5–7, 2022.
2022
U.S. Reformed-Catholic Dialogue, Zoom Meeting, March 30, 2022.
2006
U.S. Reformed-Catholic Dialogue, Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, GA, October 9–10, 2006.
2006
U.S. Reformed-Catholic Dialogue, Siena College, Loudonville, NY, April 27–28, 2006. At the meeting I delivered the paper, “The Council of Trent and the Reformed Tradition.”
2005
U.S. Reformed-Catholic Dialogue, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA, October 25–26, 2005.
2005
U.S. Reformed-Catholic Dialogue, Lutheran Center, Chicago, IL, April 14–15, 2005.
2009–2019
Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis Commission for Ecumenism and Interreligious Affairs.
Catechetical Foundations I
Catechetical Foundations II
Perspectives of Church and Vatican II
Vatican II and the Papal Tradition
Theology of the Church
Creation and Imago Dei
Nature and Mission of the Church
Christian Theology of God and the Human Person
Christian Theology of God
Grace and Eschatology
Ecumenism
Readings in Aquinas: Summa Theologiae Ia
Catholicism from the Council of Trent to Vatican II
History and Theology of Vatican II
The Council of Trent
Salvation and the Church
The Documents of Vatican II
Fr. Stanley L. Jaki on Science and Religion
History of the Christian Tradition I
History of the Christian Tradition II
The Councils of Trent and Vatican I
Themes in Church History
The Reformations of the 16th and 17th Centuries
Theology of Pastoral Ministry
Theology of Sacred Scripture
Eucharist
The Reformation at 500: From Conflict to Communion
The Theology and History of Synodality
Ecumenical Councils in Modernity
The Life and Theology of St. Robert Bellarmine, Doctor of the Church
History of Western Civilization I
History of Western Civilization II
History of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation in Europe
Perspectives of Catholic Belief
Introduction to Liturgy
Introductory Church History
The History and Doctrine of the Council of Trent
Late Medieval and Early Modern Theology and History
Nominalism and Late Medieval Theology
Practical Theological Concepts
Church History II: 1100 to the Present
Theology of the Church
Theology of Christian Worship
Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist
Foundational Course in Systematic Theology
Theology of Christ
Theology of Grace
In the Image and Likeness of God
Reformations: Catholic and Protestant
Liturgy and Christian Life
Patrology
Ecclesiology
History of the Theology of Purgatory
Ancient, Medieval, and Renaissance Thought (14 sections)
Augustine and Culture: The Villanova Seminar (3 sections)
2023–Present
Master of Arts in Theology Advisory Committee
2021–Present
Cultural Empathy Committee, Chair (2021-2022)
2019–Present
Faculty Development Committee, Chair
2011–Present
University of St. Thomas Faculty Senate
2021–2022
Director of Ireland Library Hiring Committee, Chair
2021–2022
Association of Theological Schools Accreditation Sub-Committee 3/4, Chair
2016–2021
Master of Arts in Theology Advisory Committee
2019–2020
Master of Arts in Religious Education/Master of Arts in Pastoral Ministry Curriculum Committee
2018–2019
Dean Search Committee for The Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity
2009–2019
Minnesota Consortium of Theological Schools Committee
2012–2013
Association of Theological Schools Accreditation Sub-Committee 2
2012–2013
Minnesota Consortium of Theological Schools Ad Hoc Committee, Chair
2009–2012
Master of Arts in Pastoral Ministry Advisory Committee
2009–2012
Master of Arts in Religious Education Advisory Committee
2008–2009
Master of Arts in Pastoral Ministry Planning Committee
2008–2009
School of Divinity Student Life Committee
2007–2008
MSA-ATS Self-Study Accreditation Steering Committee
2007–2008
MSA-ATS Self-Study Accreditation Subcommittee on Development, Chair
2006–2008
Religious Studies Division Academic Affairs Committee
2006–2008
Religious Studies Division Admissions Committee