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Carl L. Beckwith is Associate Professor of History and Doctrine at Beeson Divinity School, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama. He holds degrees from St. Olaf College (B.A.); Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland (M.Phil.); Yale Divinity School (M.A.); and the University of Notre Dame (Ph.D.). Dr. Beckwith’s research interests include the Trinitarian and Christological thought of the Early Church Fathers, the appropriation of Patristic thought by the Lutheran Reformers and Lutheran theology.

His publications include Hilary of Poitiers on the Trinity (Oxford, 2008); Johann Gerhard, Handbook of Consolations (Wipf & Stock, 2009); and Ezekiel and Daniel, Reformation Commentary on Scripture (IVP, 2012). He is presently writing the volume on the Trinity for the Confessional Lutheran Dogmatics Series.

In addition to his teaching duties, Dr. Beckwith serves as pastor of Hope Lutheran Church (LCMS) in Birmingham and is a regular guest on the radio program Issues, Etc.

David R. Maxwell is Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at Concordia Seminary, 
St. Louis, specializing in patristic Christology and contemporary Christological questions. 
He holds degrees from the University of Texas (B.A., Honors, and a concentration in Greek, 1991); Concordia Seminary, St. Louis (M.Div., 1995; S.T.M., 1997); Washington University, 
St. Louis (M.A., Classics, 1995); and the University of Notre Dame (Ph.D., Historical Theology, 2003). His Ph.D. dissertation is entitled, “Christology and Grace in the Sixth-Century Latin West: The Theopaschite Controversy.”

Dr. Maxwell served as pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, Elkhart, Indiana (2003-2004). He frequently plays the organ and preaches at Lutheran congregations in the St. Louis area. He is currently translating
 Cyril of Alexandria’s Commentary on John for IVP.


Carl P. E. Springer is Professor in the Department of English and the Classical Studies Program at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville. He earned his Bachelor’s degree from Northwestern College and a Master’s in Biblical Languages, as well as his Ph.D. in Classics, from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Dr. Springer is best known for his scholarship on the early Christian Latin poet Sedulius, whose collected works he is in the process of editing, and for his studies of Martin Luther’s knowledge and use of the classics. His most recent book, Luther’s Aesop, was published last year by Truman State University Press.

Dr. Springer has received numerous grants and awards from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Philosophical Society, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and others. He has been a Fulbright Research Fellow in Belgium and also was awarded a fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to conduct research in Germany.

William C. Weinrich is Professor of Early Church History and Patristic Studies at 
Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana. He received his Bachelor’s degree (Phi Beta Kappa) from the University of Oklahoma (1967) and his Master of Divinity degree (M.Div.) from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri (1972). With the assistance of a fellowship from the LWF, Dr. Weinrich studied under Bo Reicke and Oscar Cullmann at the University of Basel, Switzerland, and received the degree of Doctor of Theology (D.Theol.) from that university (1977).

He has been a faculty member of Concordia Theological Seminary since 1975 and served as Dean of Graduate Studies and Academic Dean. He was editor of the volume on Revelation in the Ancient Christian Commentary Series and recently published full translations of two ancient Greek commentaries (Oecumenius, 
Andrew of Caesarea) and of four ancient Latin commentaries (Victorinus, Apringius, Caesarius of Arles, Bede) for the Ancient Christian Texts series. Dr. Weinrich is currently working on a commentary on the Gospel of John for the 
Concordia Commentary Series.

He has served the LCMS as Third Vice President and Fifth Vice President, and recently served the Lutheran Church of Latvia as Rector of the Luther Academy (2007–2010).