Site Supervisor:

Dr. Glen L. Thompson (GLT) is Associate Professor of History at Wisconsin Lutheran College. He has an M. Div. degree from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Ancient History from Columbia University. He is a member of the North American Patristics Society and chair of the Evangelical Theological Society’s Patristics Study Group.

Site Designer:

Jonathan Polfer is a 2007 graduate of Wisconsin Lutheran College. He majored in theology, with minors in computer science and mathematics. Originally he is from Big Rock, Illinois. As the initial site designer, he developed the original format and appearance of the website.

Project Contributors:

AJW – Aaron J. West (Project Coordinator June 2007- August 2008) is a senior at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary.  He holds a Bachelor’s degree from Martin Luther College, New Ulm, MN. He is responsible for the following: Athanasius, Alexander, Hilary’s Works, The Collectio Avellana, Imperial Laws and Letters excluding CT 16, EOMIA, and Jerome’s Translations of Scripture. He translated several documents as well.

BR – Brandon Rogers translated Marcellus Fragments 76-96 for a winter-quarter independent study while a student at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary.

DN – Daniel Noonan is from Dousman, Wisconsin. He graduated Wisconsin Lutheran College in 2007 as a mathematics major . Under the supervision of Dr. Thompson, he translated fragments from Marcellus of Ancyra’s letter to Pope Julius of Rome during the 2006-2007 school year.

ES – Erin Smolinski (Webmaster January – May 2009) is a transfer student from Illinois.  She transferred to Wisconsin Lutheran College in August 2008 and is studying to be an elementary school teacher.

GAD – Gregory A. Dickenson, a political science major and theology minor, is scheduled to graduate from Wisconsin Lutheran College in 2009. A life-long resident of the city of Milwaukee, his areas of academic interest include local government, church history and practice, and the history of Wisconsin. Upon completion of his Bachelor of Arts degree, he intends to pursue graduate studies in history, law, or the social sciences. For his final project in the fall 2007 Fourth-Century Christianity elective, he produced a chronological list of laws relating to religion in the fourth century, based on the Theodosian Code, book 16.

JCB – Jacob C. Behnken (Project Coordinator August 2008-2010) is a student at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary from Brookings, South Dakota.  He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Martin Luther College.

JDZ – Jesse Denzin-Weber graduated from WLC in 2007 with a double major in both history and English. He is from Slinger, Wisconsin. He has compiled the list of Jerome’s letters and other works with Dr. Thompson for this site during the 2006-2007 school year.

JRZ – Jeremy R. Zima (Project Coordinator 2006-2007) graduated from WLC in 2007 with a music major, with emphases in guitar performance and music history. As project coordinator, he edited much of the content on this site, handled the administrative duties of the project, co-authoring a paper about the website with Dr. Thompson and presenting at both the ETS and SBL national conferences. He created the Persecution Timeline, Eusebius’ Works Page, Arian Map, Athanasius Werke, Tetrarchy Table and Tetrarchy Chronology pages.

KDH – Kevin Douglas Hill is a PhD student at Durham University. His thesis is on the role of the Holy Spirit in deification according to Athanasius of Alexandria, and his research interests focus on Pneumatology, soteriology, and spirituality in the Greek Patristic tradition.

LSS - Lane Stuart Schultz is a freshman at Wisconsin Lutheran College.  He is currently working toward a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in history.  During the fall sememster of the 2008-2009 school year, Lane served as the history department’s general research assistant.

LT - Luke Thompson is a second-year student at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, with a BA from Wisconsin Lutheran College and a MA in Philosophy from Marquette. He revised the translation of Chrysostom’s Commentary on Galatians 6.

MJB – Michael J. Birnie allowed us to post his English translation of the Church of the East’s councils of 410, 420 and 424 (part of his unpublished translation of the entire Synodicon Orientale).  He has served since 1969 as pastor of St. Thomas’ Parish (Seattle, Washington), affiliated with the Chaldean Catholic Church.

MKM – Molly K. Miller (Webmaster August-December 2008) is from Rochester, Minnesota. Living a life of traveling throughout the Midwest (mostly in South Dakota), Molly was home-schooled through high school. She worked through the post-secondary program to complete a A.S. at Rochester Community and Technical College. She graduated from RCTC before high school, and after contributing much to FCC during her semster at Wisconsin Lutheran College, she is currently attending Winona State University in Minnesota. With her mother’s love of ancient literature, and her father’s ability to understand computer technology, she will use her skills to continue to contribute new material and content to fourthcentury.com.

PSAM – Peter S.A. Metzger (Research Assistant August 2010 – June 2011) is a student at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary from Gladwin, Michigan.  He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Martin Luther College.  As Research Assistant, Peter contributed in compiling the encyclopedic list of Councils and Creeds and translating a number of the Marcellus of Ancyra Fragments.

RMS – Rachael M. Schuman is from Paris, Illinois. She graduated from Wisconsin Lutheran College in May, 2008 with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication and an art minor. For her final project in the 2007 Fourth Century Christianity elective, she compiled information on Egyptian Monasticism focusing mostly on the Pachomian Rule.

SM – Sarah Molkentin is a senior at Wisconsin Lutheran College.  Sarah is scheduled to graduate in May of 2009 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English.  During the current semester, Sarah is serving as the general research assistant in Wisconsin Lutheran College’s History Department.

SMT – Shannon M. Turner (Webmaster August 2009-present) is from West Bend, WI. She is a Senior at Wisconsin Lutheran College and is working towards a BA in European History and a German minor. Her contributions to the website include a list of Syriac authors, conciliar creeds of the fourth century, and documents concerning the Meletian schism, as well as a brief biography on Phoebadius of Agen.

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