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William Harry Marshner, S.T.D., is a prominent convert

Convert

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to Catholicism

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, an eminent Thomistic theologian, ethicist, and a founding professor at Christendom College

Christendom College

Christendom College is a small Catholic liberal arts college in Front Royal, Virginia, United States, which is located in the Shenandoah Valley.-Educational Mission:...

in Front Royal, VA where he was chairman of the theology department in the early days of the college.

Biography

Born in Baltimore in 1943, Prof. Marshner was raised in the Lutheran Church. He pursued his undergraduate studies at Gettysburg College

Gettysburg College

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as a pre-ministerial student, majoring in Greek

Greek language

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. An interest in Old Testament

Old Testament

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exegesis

Exegesis

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led him to postpone entry into the Lutheran seminary in order to pursue a degree at the Yale

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graduate school. He studied Hebrew, Akkadian, Aramaic, and other Semitic languages. Most importantly, however, at Yale he became a member of POR

POR

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and served for a term as Chairman.

The impossibility of reconciling the historical-critical method of exegesis with the method of Christ

Christ

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and His Apostles forced him to deeper philosophical and theological questions. In 1967, Mr. Marshner was received into the Catholic Church and began writing for Triumph
Triumph (magazine)
Triumph was a monthly American magazine founded by L. Brent Bozell, Jr. in 1966 and based in Spain. It commented on religious, philosophical, and cultural issues from the traditionalist Catholic perspective. It ceased publication in 1975.-Origin:...

magazine, where he was an assistant editor from 1971–1973, and for The Wanderer

The Wanderer (newspaper)

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newspaper, where he was Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

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editor from 1972-1975.

Since 1975, he has been married to Connaught Coyne, and they currently have four children, names being: Pearse, Michael, Caroline, and Brigid. Following their marriage he returned to graduate studies in 1975, earning a M.A.

Master of Arts (postgraduate)

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from the University of Dallas

University of Dallas

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and, more recently, the licentiate and doctoral degrees in sacred theology from the Lateran University in Rome

Rome

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Since 1977, Prof. Marshner has taught theology at Christendom College

Christendom College

Christendom College is a small Catholic liberal arts college in Front Royal, Virginia, United States, which is located in the Shenandoah Valley.-Educational Mission:...

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