Marshner, one of America’s leading theologians, will guide attendees through the nuances of the Protestant Revolution and its historical and theological consequences in his talk, titled “Indulgences, Relics & Rome: The Catholic Church and the Protestant Revolution.” The topic has remained one of the most hotly debated in historical and theological circles for centuries, with Marshner’s talk promising to be both educational and necessary for evangelization.
A convert to the faith and an eminent Thomistic theologian, Dr. William Marshner pursued his undergraduate studies at Gettysburg College, majoring in Greek. While pursuing a degree at the Yale graduate school, he studied Hebrew, Akkadian, Aramaic, and other Semitic languages. He earned an M.A. from the University of Dallas and his S.T.D. from the Pontifical John Paul II Institute at the Catholic University of America. First encountering Christendom founder Dr. Warren Carroll while they both worked at the Catholic magazine Triumph, Dr. William Marshner became one of the five founding faculty members of Christendom in 1977.
Due to extensive work in the field of theology, Marshner was named the first chairman of the theology department of the college, a position he would hold for a number of years before continuing on as a professor at the college for the next thirty-eight years. Marshner has been published extensively in newspapers and academic journals, with his latest work, An Anti-Modernist Anthology, being released this year.
Our Lady of Hope Church Hall is located at 46639 Algonkian Parkway, Potomac Falls, Va. 20165. For more information on the talk, please see the flyer or visit instituteofcatholicculture.org.
