Events
Early Christianity and Greek Philosophy: A Providential Pairing
A lecture by Prof. Lewis Ayres (Durham University)
When:
February 12, 2026 | 7:30 PM GMT
Chapter:
University of Edinburgh
Location:
Lecture Theatre C, 40 George Square
This lecture is free and open to the public. No pre-registration is required.
About the speaker:
Lewis was born in the UK, and studied Classics at St Andrews in Scotland, and Theology at Oxford. He has taught in the UK, in Ireland and in the US. He is currently Professor of Catholic and Historical Theology at Durham University in the UK, and McDonald Agape Chair in Early Christian Theology at the Angelicum University in Rome. He is interested in two main areas of Catholic thought: early Christian thought (on Christ, on the Trinity and on Biblical Interpretation), and modern Catholic thought (especially the idea of development in doctrine, the idea of Tradition, The second Vatican Council, Biblical Interpretation). He and his wife (Medi Ann Volpe) co-edited the Oxford Handbook of Catholic Theology.