Francis Gumerlock

Books and Articles on the Theology of Grace and Eschatology

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Fulgentius of Ruspe on the Saving Will of God

Fulgentius of Ruspe on the Saving Will of God: The Development of a Sixth-Century African Bishop’s Interpretation of 1 Timothy 2:4 During the Semi-Pelagian Controversy

This book provides the current review of the previously obscure life of Fulgentius, whose impact on the Semi-Pelagian debates of the 6th Century is foundational.
This study offers a solution to the problem of conflicting data on the extent of God’s saving will in the writings of an eminent sixth-century North African bishop, Fulgentius of Ruspe. It demonstrates that over time Fulgentius changed his opinion on the issue.

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Gottschalk and a Medieval Predestination Controversy

Gottschalk and a Medieval Predestination Controversy: Texts Translated from the Latin. The question of predestination and its nature, which drew strong protests from the monks of Provence in the early fifth century against the teaching of Augustine of Hippo, was initially settled by the Council of Orange in 529.

For a review of this book see Catholic Books Review:
Victor GENKE & Francis X. GUMERLOCK, editors and translators, Gottschalk & A Medieval Predestination Controversy.
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Read a review of Gottschalk & A Medieval Predestination Controversy as published in Augustinian Studies 41:2 (PDF)

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Read a review of Gottschalk and a Medieval Predestination Controversy in Croatian from Historiografija. (HTML)

Read a review of Gottschalk and a Medieval Predestination Controversy from the Westminster Theological Journal. (PDF)

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The Rapture and the Fig Tree Generation

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In the chapter Frank surveys traditions about the person Antipas, mentioned in Rev 2:13, found in early commentaries on Revelation.

More information about the book is available from American Vision.org:

For decades Christians have been enticed with the belief that they would be taken to heaven before a coming tribulation period in an event called the “rapture.”

Since the national reestablishment of Israel in 1948, countless books and pamphlets have been written defending the doctrine assuring readers that it could happen at any moment.

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Latest Posts

Recent Publications, 2020

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I wanted to update you on some writings of mine that were published recently (in 2020). Translations by me of portions of an anonymous early-fifth century commentary on 1 Thessalonians and a late sixth-century commentary on Titus by Students of Cassiodorus were published in Early Church Fathers Study Bible, New Testament (Kendallville, IN: Literal Truth […]

Exegesis of the Apocalypse in the Tenth Century

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Interpretation of the Book of Revelation in the early Middle Ages has received much scholarly attention, especially the commentaries from the sixth through ninth centuries. Did you ever wonder how Christians in the tenth century interpreted Revelation? My essay, entitled “Exegesis of the Apocalypse in the Tenth Century,” was recently published as Chapter 8 in […]

The Rapture in an Eleventh-Century Text

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New Article. An article written by me, entitled “The Rapture in an Eleventh-Century Text,” was published in the journal Bibliotheca Sacra 176 (Jan.-March 2019): 81-91. It discusses a Bulgarian writing from about the year 1070 called The Narration of the Holy Prophet Isaiah about the Years to Come and the Kings and the Antichrist. It […]

Tyconius, Exposition of the Apocalypse

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My English translation of Tyconius’s Exposition of the Apocalypse has been published.  It is in Volume 134 of the Fathers of the Church series.  I hope you get a copy and enjoy reading his explanations of the Book of Revelation. Tyconius wrote this Exposition about 380 AD.  It is useful in many ways. He interpreted John’s visions to make them relevant […]

Early Latin Commentaries on the Apocalypse

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Early Latin Commentaries on the Apocalypse contains translations of two Hiberno-Latin commentaries on the Book of Revelation from the seventh and eighth centuries.  They are the pseudo-Jerome Handbook on the Apocalypse of the Apostle John and On the Mysteries of the Apocalypse of John found in the anonymous eighth-century Reference Bible.  These commentaries use earlier […]

The Day And The Hour

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The Day and the Hour: Christianity’s Perennial Fascination with Predicting the End of the World. Trying to predict the return of Christ and the end of the ages began two thousand years ago and continues to this day. Gumerlock has compiled a one-of-a-kind history of these foolhardy predictions.This fascinating chronicle of predictions will rivet the […]

Gottschalk & A Medieval Predestination Controversy

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Victor Genke and I have been translating into English the Latin writings of Gottschalk of Orbais, a ninth-century monk whose teachings on divine predestination started a major controversy in the Carolingian church. Gottschalk & A Medieval Predestination Controversy: Texts Translated from the Latin is now available. From the Back Cover: “The question of predestination and […]

Seven Seals of the Apocalypse

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The Seven Seals of the Apocalypse: Medieval Texts in Translation” was recently published by Medieval Institute Publications at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo. Designed as a supplementary text for classroom use in medieval studies programs, and part of a medieval biblical commentary series, The Seven Seals contains fifteen translations of portions of Apocalypse commentaries from […]

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