
Dr. Thomas Scheck
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Assistant Professor of classics and theology
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Thomas P. Scheck, Ph.D. is assistant professor of classics and theology. He previously taught Scripture in Ave Maria University's Institute for Pastoral Theology. Dr. Scheck's dissertation has been published under the title: Origen and the History of Justification. He has also translated several works of the Church Fathers: Origen's Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans, St. Jerome's Commentary on Matthew, Origen's Homilies on Numbers, Pamphilus's Apology for Origen, and Origen's Homilies on Ezekiel. His research interests include the reception of the Church Fathers in the West and the theology of Erasmus of Rotterdam. He has recently completed a book on Erasmus's theological polemics with Martin Luther. He holds the degrees of B.A. from Moody Bible Institute, M.Div. from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and Ph.D. from the University of Iowa in Religion, Classics and Philosophy.