Dr. John Solheid

Position

Adjunct Professor, Ecclesiastical Faculty of Theology

EDUCATION

PhD - Theological Studies.  Faculty of Theology, The University of St. Michael's College in the University of Toronto, Toronto, ON Canada. 

Th.M.  Saint John’s School of Theology-Seminary, Theology, Collegeville, MN

M.A. (Church History) Saint John’s School of Theology-Seminary, Church History,   Collegeville, MN

B.A.  (History) St. Cloud State University, History, St. Cloud, MN

Diploma (2024) – Greek Palaeography. Lincoln College Summer School of Greek Palaeography, University of Oxford.

AREA OF SPECIALIZATION

-       Greek Patristics, Origen of Alexandria, Early Christian Biblical Interpretation, the Alexandrian School

-       Early Christian Institutions, Asceticism and Monasticism

BIOGRAPHY

John Solheid is a native of Alexandria, MN, where he currently resides. After completing his bachelor’s degree in history from St. Cloud State University, he completed his graduate training in Theology at the Saint John’s School of Theology•Seminary earning a Master of Arts in Church History and a Master of Theology. He completed his doctoral training at the University of St. Michael’s College in the University of Toronto in 2020. He also earned a diploma in Greek Palaeography (2024) from the Lincoln College (Oxford) Summer School in Greek Palaeography. He holds memberships in the North American Patristics Society, the Canadian Society of Patristic Studies, and the American Society of Church History. When he is not reading Greek patristics, you can find him either at the hockey rink or on the golf course.

Selected Publications

Pedagogy of the Heart: Grammar, Philosophy, and the Christian Reader in Origen’s Greek Homilies on the Psalms, Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae 190 (Leiden: Brill, [Forthcoming 2025]).

“The Social Ethics of Deification in Origen: Theological Innovation in His Homily on Psalm 81,” Early Christianity, 16.3 (Forthcoming 2025). 

“Origen of Alexandria and Human Dignity,” Zeitschrift für Antikes Christentum 27.2 (2023), 226-256.

“Modelling a Christian Academy: Christ, Disciples, and Biblical Scholarship in Origen’s Commentary on Matthew,” Vigiliae Christianae 76.4 (Sept. 2022), 406-433.