Rev. Dr. Carl Beckwith is professor of historical theology at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, IN. Prior to serving at CTSFW, Beckwith taught at Beeson Divinity School, Samford University in Birmingham, AL (2007–2023), Thiel College, Greenville, PA (2005–2007), and the University of Notre Dame (2003–2005). Beckwith also served as pastor of Hope Lutheran Church in Birmingham, AL (2009–2016) and as associate pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Hanceville, AL (2016–2023).

Beckwith specializes in patristic theology, particularly Augustine of Hippo and the doctrine of the Trinity, and has a special interest in the reception of patristic and medieval theology by our Lutheran reformers and dogmaticians. He has written several articles on the Lutheran reading and use of the Fathers: “Martin Chemnitz’s Reading of the Fathers in his Oratio de Lectione Patrum” (CTQ); “Martin Luther’s Christological Sources in the Church Fathers” (The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Martin Luther); and “Wordy Dogmaticians and Endless Distinctions: Early Modern Lutheran Christology” (Lutheran Synod Quarterly). Beckwith is also the author of The Holy Trinity, volume 3 of the Confessional Lutheran Dogmatics Series (Luther Academy, 2016), and Hilary of Poitiers on the Trinity (Oxford, 2008). He is the editor of Martin Luther’s Basic Exegetical Writings (CPH, 2017), Ezekiel and Daniel in the Reformation Commentary on Scripture series (IVP, 2012), and the translator of Johann Gerhard’s Handbook of Consolations (Wipf&Stock, 2009).