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Gregory K Hillis
Gregory K. Hillis is Executive Director of the Aquinas Center of Theology at Emory University's Candler School of Theology. Prior to joining the Aquinas Center, he was Professor of Theology & Religious Studies at Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky.
He joined Bellarmine University in 2008 after completing his Ph.D. in the department of Religious Studies at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. His doctoral research was on early Christian theology, with a particular focus on St. Cyril of Alexandria. He has published a number of academic articles on Cyril’s theology, and recently wrote the introduction to a new translation of Cyril’s Glaphyra published in 2018 by Catholic University of America Press.
In the last few years he has turned his attention to the life and writings of Thomas Merton, the famous Trappist monk from Kentucky whose literary estate is housed at the Merton Center at Bellarmine University. In addition to teaching a popular undergraduate course on Merton, Dr. Hillis has written both academic articles and popular articles on his life and thought. He has also delivered lectures around the United States on Merton’s theology. His book on Thomas Merton—Man of Dialogue: Thomas Merton's Catholic Vision—was published with Liturgical Press in 2021. In 2022, his book was awarded a Catholic Media Association first place award in "Biography." In 2023, his book was awarded the "Louie" award from the International Thomas Merton Society for the best new book on Thomas Merton.
Phone: 5022727800
Address: Bellarmine University
Department of Theology
2001 Newburg Road
Louisville, KY 40205
He joined Bellarmine University in 2008 after completing his Ph.D. in the department of Religious Studies at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. His doctoral research was on early Christian theology, with a particular focus on St. Cyril of Alexandria. He has published a number of academic articles on Cyril’s theology, and recently wrote the introduction to a new translation of Cyril’s Glaphyra published in 2018 by Catholic University of America Press.
In the last few years he has turned his attention to the life and writings of Thomas Merton, the famous Trappist monk from Kentucky whose literary estate is housed at the Merton Center at Bellarmine University. In addition to teaching a popular undergraduate course on Merton, Dr. Hillis has written both academic articles and popular articles on his life and thought. He has also delivered lectures around the United States on Merton’s theology. His book on Thomas Merton—Man of Dialogue: Thomas Merton's Catholic Vision—was published with Liturgical Press in 2021. In 2022, his book was awarded a Catholic Media Association first place award in "Biography." In 2023, his book was awarded the "Louie" award from the International Thomas Merton Society for the best new book on Thomas Merton.
Phone: 5022727800
Address: Bellarmine University
Department of Theology
2001 Newburg Road
Louisville, KY 40205
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My examination of Cyril’s pneumatology involves analysis of his understanding of the identity and divinity of the Holy Spirit vis-à-vis the Father and the Son, the role of the Spirit in the incarnation and life of the Son, and the particular soteriological work of the Spirit in the individual believer as well as in the formation, structure, and unity of the church. Primary attention is given to three works: De Trinitate Dialogi (Dialogues on the Trinity), written 423-25; In Joannem (Commentary on the Gospel of John), written 425-28; and In Lucam (Commentary on the Gospel of Luke), written c. 430. In addition to these writings, I draw on various other commentaries written by the archbishop, as well as on his anti-Nestorian compositions.