Author: Ryan Hurd

Commentary, Ad Fontes

A Thomist: Quid Sit?

Ryan Hurd — November 2, 2025

A Thomist: Quid Sit?

Ryan Hurd defines what it means to be a Thomist

Are You Perplexed?

Ryan Hurd — November 20, 2024

Are You Perplexed?

How do the statements of Scripture and the conclusions of philosophy fit together?

Thomas Aquinas: So Hot Right Now

Ryan Hurd — May 16, 2023

Thomas Aquinas: So Hot Right Now

Protestant retrieval of Thomas Aquinas is welcome. But it has a long way to go.

God Has Zero Wrath, Pt. 2: More From Augustine on a Patristic Commonplace

Ryan Hurd — March 14, 2023

God Has Zero Wrath, Pt. 2: More From Augustine on a Patristic Commonplace

Augustine gives a thorough account of how 'wrath' can and can't be said of God.

God Has Zero Wrath: A Note on a Basic Patristic Teaching from Augustine

Ryan Hurd — March 7, 2023

God Has Zero Wrath: A Note on a Basic Patristic Teaching from Augustine

Augustine makes surprisingly unabashed statements about how Scripture speaks of God's wrath.

Is God Impassible or Does He Have Passions?

Ryan Hurd — December 6, 2022

Is God Impassible or Does He Have Passions?

A preview of an upcoming Winter 2023 Davenant Hall class on "Impassibility and the Passions of God"