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September 14, 2004
Michael Waldstein to Lecture Christendom on John Paul II

On September 27, Dr. Michael Waldstein will deliver a lecture entitled "John Paul II: A Thomist rooted in St. John of the Cross" at Christendom College as part of the College's Major Speakers Program. Dr. Walstein will begin his lecture at 6:30pm in the St. Lawrence Commons.

Michael M. Waldstein is the president of the International Theological Institute in Gaming, Austria. He holds a Th.D. in New Testament and Christian Origins from Harvard Divinity School and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Dallas. He is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature.

A frequent writer on topics pertaining to the genesis of Christianity, Dr. Waldstein has co-authored with Frederik Wisse, The Apocryphon of John: Synopsis of Nag Hammadi Codices II,1 III,1 and IV,1 with BG 8502,2 (NHS 33; Leiden: Brill, 1995) and is currently working on a monograph, The Apocryphon of John: A Curious Eddy in the Stream of Hellenistic Judaism. He is the author, as well, of numerous scholarly articles related to the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas and Hans Urs von Balthasar.

The public is cordially invited to attend. For more information, contact Leslie Mathews at 800-877-5456 ext. 251 or lmathews@christendom.edu.
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