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- Professor of Historical Theology
Biography
Dr. William C. Weinrich joined the faculty of Concordia Theological Seminary in 1975, first at the Springfield, Illinois, campus, then in Fort Wayne when the Seminary relocated there in 1976. He is Professor of Historical Theology, specializing in Early Church history and patristic studies.
He is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma (BA, 1967) and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis (MDiv 1972), and he received his Doctor of Theology degree from the University of Basel, Switzerland (1977).
Weinrich served as academic dean at CTSFW (1996–2006), then as rector of the Luther Academy in Riga, Latvia (2007–2010), where he taught extensively and oversaw the Pastoral Ministry program. He returned to the classroom at CTSFW in 2011.
He is the author of John 1:1—7:1 for the Concordia Commentary Series, published by Concordia Publishing House in 2015.
He served on the Commission on Theology and Church Relations (1992–2001) and Doctrinal Review Commission (1992–1998) and served as third vice president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (1998–2001), followed by a term as fifth vice president (2001–2004). He also served thirty years in the Indiana Air National Guard, retiring as a lieutenant colonel in 2002.
Selected Works
The titles below, as well as others by Dr. Weinrich, are available in the CTSFW Media Collection. For a complete list of Dr. Weinrich's works, please refer to his curriculum vitae (CV), which is available on this page.
- Should a Layman Discharge the Duties of the Holy Ministry?
- Evangelism in the Early Church
- The Spirit of Holiness: The Holiness of Man
- God Did Not Create Death: Athanansius on the Atonement
- The Antichrist in the Early Church
- At the Edge of Subscription: The Abusus Doctrine and the Formula of Concord -- Doctrina or Ratio?
- Death and Martyrdom: An Important Aspect of Early Christian Eschatology
- Father, Son, and Spirit Is God: What Is the Point?
- Creation ex Nihilo: The Way of God
- Cyprian, Donatism, Augustine and Augustana VIII: Remarks on the Church and the Validity of the Sacrament
- All Theology is Christology: Essays in Honor of David P. Scaer
- Early Church History: A Compendium of the Course as it is taught by Dr. William Weinrich
- "It is not Given to Women to Teach" A Lex in Search of a Ratio
- An Address on the Holy Theophanies
- Luther's Catechisms - 450 Years: Essays Commemorating the Small and Large Catechisms of Dr. Martin Luther
- Early Christian Catechetics: An Historical and Theological Construction
- Confessions - Death and Martyrdom: Eschatology in the Early Church
- Confession - Patristic Exegesis as Sacramental and Ecclesial
- Symposia 2012 - Panel Discussion: Why History Matters in the Reading of the Gospels
- Confessions - Chalcedon, A.D. 451: What Was It All About and Does It Matter?
- The Virtuous Anger of God: Lactantius' De ira dei in Conversation with the Philosophy of the Third Century
- Confessions - The Holy Spirit and the Redemption of Man
- Panel Discussion - Love and Marriage: Does the Bible Still Mean What It Says?
- Confessions - The Patristic Doctrine of the Trinity
- Confessions - Panel: Holy Spirit, Sacraments, and Justification (Tuesday)
- The 32 Annual Symposium on Exegetical Theology - Panel Discussion
- Advent Evening Prayer Sermon - December 08, 2018
- Kramer Chapel Sermon - November 15, 1979
- Kramer Chapel Sermon -April 02, 1987
- Kramer Chapel Sermon - April 11, 2003
- Kramer Chapel Sermon -- March 11, 1994
- Kramer Chapel Sermon - May 13, 1999
- Kramer Chapel Sermon - January 21, 2015
- Kramer Chapel Sermon - March 13, 1997
- Kramer Chapel Sermon -- April 14, 1998
- Kramer Chapel Sermon - July 25, 1983
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