DR. CHRISTIAN D. WASHBURN Professor of Dogmatic Theology EDUCATION Ph.D. in Church History, 2005, Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. My dissertation was St. Roberto Cardinal Bellarmino s Defense of Catholic Christology against the Lutheran Doctrine of Ubiquity. I defended my dissertation with distinction (2004). My major field was the Renaissance and Reformation. My minor fields were Patristics and Ecclesiology. M.A. in Theology, 1996, University of St. Thomas School of Divinity, St. Paul, Minnesota. My major field of study was Patristics. B.A., 1993, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota. I double majored in economics and religion. PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS 2018-Present Professor of Dogmatic Theology, The Saint Paul Seminary, St. Paul, MN. 2012-2018 Associate Professor of Dogmatic Theology, The Saint Paul Seminary, St. Paul, MN. 2008-2012 Assistant Professor of Dogmatic Theology, The Saint Paul Seminary, St. Paul, MN. 2005-2008 Assistant Professor of Theology and Church History, St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Overbrook. 2003-2005 Instructor, Systematic Theology, St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Overbrook. PUBLICATIONS 2017 Washburn, Christian D. The Theological Importance of the Council of Trent and Vatican I for Catholic Theology, Oxford Handbook of Catholic Theology 2017 Washburn, Christian D. Doctrine, Ecumenical Progress, and Problems with Declaration on the Way: Church, Ministry, and Eucharist. Pro Ecclesia 26 (2017), 59-80. 2017 Washburn, Christian D. Engrafted into Christ: Sanctification and the Transformative Power of Grace in the Catholic Tradition. In Justified in Jesus Christ: Evangelicals and Catholics in Dialogue. Bismarck, ND: University of Mary Press, 2017. 123-148. 2017 Washburn, Christian D. Ex inimico amicus: Catholic Teaching on Initial Justification. In Justified in Jesus Christ: Evangelicals and Catholics in Dialogue, Bismarck, ND: University of Mary Press, 2017. 211-234. 1
2017 Washburn, Christian D. Nothing unclean will enter Heaven: Justification and Eschatology. In Justified in Jesus Christ: Evangelicals and Catholics in Dialogue. Bismarck, ND: University of Mary Press, 2017. 293-312. 2016 Washburn, Christian D. The First Vatican Council, Archbishop Henry Manning, and Papal Infallibility. Catholic Historical Review 102 (2016): 27-60. 2015 Washburn, Christian D. The Second Vatican Council, Lumen gentium, and Subsistit in. Josephinum Journal of Theology 22 (2015): 145-175. 2015 Washburn, Christian D. Transformative Power of Grace and Condign Merit at the Council of Trent. The Thomist 79 (2015): 173-212. 2015 Washburn, Christian D. The Shaping of Modern Catholic Anthropology in the Context of the Counter-Reformation. St. Robert Bellarmine and the Transformative Power of Grace. In Das Menschenbild der Konfessionen Achillesferse der Ökumene? Ed. Bertram Stubenrauch and Michael Seewald. Freiburg im Breisgau: Verlag Herder, 2015. 217-248. 2015 Washburn, Christian D. The Second Vatican Council and the Theological Authority of Sacrosanctum Concilium as a Constitution. Nova et Vetera 13 (2015): 1093 1124. 2014 Washburn, Christian D. The Catholic Use of the Scriptures in Ecumenical Dialogue. In Verbum Domini and the Complementarity of Exegesis and Faith. Grand Rapids, MI: W.B. Eerdmans Pub., 2014. 63-82. 2014 Washburn, Christian D. The Theological Priority of Lumen gentium and Dei verbum for the Interpretation of the Second Vatican Council. The Thomist 78 (2014): 107-134. 2013 Washburn, Christian D. St. Robert Bellarmine on the Authoritative Interpretation of Sacred Scripture. Gregorianum 94 (2013): 55-77. 2012 Washburn, Christian D. Papal Infallibility, Vatican I, and Three 16th Century Views. Annuarium Historiae Conciliorum 44 (2012): 143-170. 2012 Washburn, Christian D. St. Robert Bellarmine s Theology of the Sacrament of Ordination. Josephinum Journal of Theology 19 (2012): 265-282. 2012 Washburn, Christian D. The Value of Offering Sacrifice for the Dead in the Thought of the Fathers of the Church. Antiphon 16.3 (2012): 154-178. 2010 Washburn, Christian D. St. Robert Bellarmine on the Infallibility of General Councils of the Church. Annuarium Historiae Conciliorum 42 (2010): 171-192. 2008 Washburn, Christian D. The Theological Writings of St. Robert Bellarmine. The Remnant Review 4 (2008): 73-100. 2
Introductions to Books 2016 Washburn, Christian D. Edited and Introduction to The Seven Last Words from the Cross, by Robert Bellarmine. i-xvii. 1933. Reprint, Tacoma, WA: Cluny Media, 2016. 2016 Washburn, Christian D. Edited and Introduction to The Church of Christ, by Joseph Clifford Fenton. i-xviii. Tacoma, WA: Cluny Media, 2016. Publications to which I Contributed 2013 From Conflict to Communion: Lutheran Catholic Common Commemoration of the Reformation in 2017. Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 2013. Also published in German as Vom Konflikt zur Gemeinschaft: Gemeinsames lutherisch-katholisches Reformationsgedenken im Jahr 2017. Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 2013. 2011 The Hope of Eternal Life - Common Statement of the Eleventh Round of the U.S. Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue. Edited by Lowell G. Almen and Richard J. Sklba. Minneapolis, MN: Lutheran University Press, 2011. Book Reviews 2014 Washburn, Christian D. Review of Compendium of Creeds, Definitions, and Declarations on Matters of Faith and Morals. By Hünermann. Nova et Vetera 12 (2014): 597-600. 2011 Washburn, Christian D. Review of On Conscience. By Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger. Linacre Quarterly 78, no. 2 (May 2011): 237-238. 2009 Washburn, Christian D. Review of Magisterium: Teacher and Guardian of the Faith. By Avery Cardinal Dulles. Linacre Quarterly 76, no. 4 (November 2009): 446-449. 2008 Washburn, Christian D. Review of Apologetics as Meant by Newman. By Stanley L. Jaki. Nova et Vetera 6, no. 3 (2008): 703-705. 2006 Washburn, Christian D. Review of The Saint as Censor: Robert Bellarmine between Inquisition and Index. By Peter Godman. The Catholic Historical Review 92, no. 4 (October 2006): 665-666. Publications Contributing to the Pastoral Life of the Church: 2011 Washburn, Christian D. The Meaning of Indulgences. The Catholic Servant, November 2011. 2011 Washburn, Christian D. and Stephen A Hipp. The Profession of Faith and the Oath of Fidelity. The Catholic Servant, October 2011. 3
2007 Washburn, Christian D. "What does the Church Teach about Indulgences?" Interview for Catholic Standard and Times, July 5, 2007. 2007 Washburn, Christian D. "Cardinal Rigali/ Dr. Christian Washburn on Indulgences." Interview for Holy Spirit Radio, June 27, 2007. 2007 Washburn, Christian D. "Philadelphia Archdiocese Offers Indulgences." Interview by David O Reilly. The Philadelphia Inquirer. Posted on Monday, June 25, 2007. Ecumenical Experience 2008-Present Catholic Member of the International Lutheran-Roman Catholic Commission on Unity. 2009-Present Archdiocesan Commission for Ecumenism and Interreligious Affairs 2011-Present Catholic Participant on Round XII of the U.S. Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue. 2005-2010 Catholic Participant on Round XI of the U.S. Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue. 2005-2007 Catholic Participant on the U.S. Reformed-Catholic Dialogue. PROFESSIONAL TEACHING Courses Taught (21) at St. Paul Seminary, St. Paul, MN DVDT 101 Catechetical Foundations I DVDT 201 Catechetical Foundations II DVDT 202 Perspectives of Church and Vatican II DVDT 502 Theology of the Church DVDT 530 Nature and Mission of the Church DVDT 561 Christian Theology of God and the Human Person DVDT 661 Christian Theology of God DVDT 700 Grace and Eschatology DVDT 800 Ecumenism DVDT 800 Readings in Aquinas: Summa Theologiae I a DVDT 800 Catholicism from the Council of Trent to Vatican II DVDT 800 History and Theology of Vatican II DVDT 800 The Council of Trent DVDT 800 Salvation and the Church DVDT 800 The Documents of Vatican II DVHS 501 History of the Christian Tradition I DVHS 502 History of the Christian Tradition II DVHS 800 The Councils of Trent and Vatican I DVHS 800 Themes in Church History DVHS 800 The Council of Trent DVHS 800 The Reformations of the 16th and 17th Centuries DVPT 501 Theology of Pastoral Ministry DVST 601 Eucharist 4
Courses Taught (23) at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Overbrook CHH 601 Church History II: 1100 to the Present HIS 101 History of Western Civilization I HIS 102 History of Western Civilization II HIS 333 History of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation in Europe RS 241 Theology of the Church RS 242 Theology of Christian Worship RS 257 Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist RS 601 Foundational Course in Systematic Theology RS 613 Theology of Christ RS 619 Theology of Grace RS 620 In the Image and Likeness of God RS 673 Reformations: Catholic and Protestant RS 812 Liturgy and Christian Life STH 508 Patrology STH 606 Ecclesiology STH 930 History of the Theology of Purgatory THL 101 Perspectives of Catholic Belief THL 103 Introduction to Liturgy THL 303 Introductory Church History THL 390 The History and Doctrine of the Council of Trent THL 390 Late Medieval and Early Modern Theology & History THL 390 Nominalism and Late Medieval Theology THL 501 Practical Theological Concepts 5