CURRICULUM VITAE Benjamin T. G. Mayes

September 5, 2019

Education Fundamentals of Online Teaching for Theological Educators certificate, University of Wisconsin—Madison, 3 CEUs (2018).

Ph. D. (historical theology), Calvin Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, MI (2009). Dissertation: “Counsel and Conscience: Post-Reformation Lutheran Casuistry According to The Dedekenn-Gerhard Thesaurus Consiliorum et Decisionum and its Cases on Marriage and Divorce.” Dissertation committee: Richard A. Muller (supervisor), Robert Kolb (external reader), Calvin P. Van Reken, James De Jong.

Center for Reformation Research, 2008 Paleography Institute (early modern Latin and German handwriting emphasized), St. Louis, MO (July 2008).

M. Div. (historical theology concentration), Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, IN (2003).

Exchange student, Lutherische Theologische Hochschule, Oberursel, Germany (2001–2002).

B. A. with high distinction (music), Concordia Teacher’s College, Seward, NE (1997).

Scholarships and Awards Award of Commendation, Concordia Historical Institute (Department of Archives and History, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod) for “Reconsidering Grabau on Ministry and Sacraments” in Lutheran Quarterly, Summer 2006 (journal article) (Nov. 8, 2007).

Institutional Assistantship, Calvin Theological Seminary (2005–2006 school year).

Huizinga Doctoral Fellowship, Calvin Theological Seminary (2004–2005 school year).

Zondervan Doctoral Fellowship, Calvin Theological Seminary (2003–2004 school year).

American Bible Society Scholarly Achievement Award (biblical studies, 1999).

Professional Experience Assistant Professor of Historical Theology, Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, IN (2016– present).

Editor for Academic Books, Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, MO (2006–2016).

Adjunct Faculty (online teaching), Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, IN (2011–2016).

Adjunct Faculty (online teaching), Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO (2011). Associate Pastor, Our Savior Lutheran Church, Grand Rapids, MI (2003–2006).

Co-founder of and editor for Emmanuel Press, www.emmanuelpress.us (2005–2006).

Assistant editor, office of admissions, public relations, and publications, Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, IN (1998–2003).

Manager and recruiter for the first two summers of Christ Academy (two-week high school pre-seminary summer academy of Concordia Theological Seminary, Ft. Wayne, IN) (June 1999 and 2000).

Admissions counselor, Concordia University Nebraska, Seward, NE (1997–98 school year).

Publications

Books Johann Gerhard, On Good Works, Theological Commonplaces XX, trans. Richard J. Dinda; ed. Joshua J. Hayes, Aaron Jenson, and Benjamin T. G. Mayes (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2019).

Martin Luther, Luther’s Works 56: Sermons III, ed. Benjamin T. G. Mayes (St. Louis: Concordia, forthcoming).

Johann Gerhard, On Justification through Faith, Theological Commonplaces XIX, trans. Richard J. Dinda; ed. Joshua J. Hayes, Heath R. Curtis, and Benjamin T. G. Mayes (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2018).

Martin Luther on Holy Baptism: Sermons to the People (1525–1539), ed. Benjamin T. G. Mayes (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2018).

Johann Gerhard, On Interpreting Sacred Scripture and Method of Theological Study, Theological Commonplaces I–II, trans. Joshua J. Hayes, ed. Benjamin T. G. Mayes (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2017).

Martin Luther, Luther’s Works 79: Church Postil V, ed. Benjamin T. G. Mayes and James L. Langebartels (St. Louis: Concordia, 2016).

Martin Luther, Luther’s Works 57: Sermons IV, ed. Benjamin T. G. Mayes (St. Louis: Concordia, 2016).

Martin Luther, Luther’s Works 78: Church Postil IV, ed. Benjamin T. G. Mayes and James L. Langebartels (St. Louis: Concordia, 2015).

Johann Gerhard, Theological Commonplaces: On the Law, ed. Benjamin T. G. Mayes and Joshua J. Hayes (St. Louis: Concordia, 2015).

Martin Luther, Luther’s Works 77: Church Postil III, ed. Benjamin T. G. Mayes and James L. Langebartels (St. Louis: Concordia, 2014).

Martin Luther, Luther’s Works 68: Sermons on Matthew 19–24, ed. Benjamin T. G. Mayes (St. Louis: Concordia, 2014).

Martin Luther, Luther’s Works 76: Church Postil II, ed. Benjamin T. G. Mayes and James L. Langebartels (St. Louis: Concordia, 2013). Martin Luther, Luther’s Works 75: Church Postil I, ed. Benjamin T. G. Mayes and James L. Langebartels (St. Louis: Concordia, 2013).

Johann Gerhard, Theological Commonplaces: On Creation and Predestination, ed. Benjamin T. G. Mayes and Joshua J. Hayes (St. Louis: Concordia, 2013).

Johann Gerhard, On the Ministry, Part Two, ed. Benjamin T. G. Mayes and Heath R. Curtis (St. Louis: Concordia, 2012).

Johann Gerhard, On the Ministry, Part One, ed. Benjamin T. G. Mayes (St. Louis: Concordia, 2011).

Counsel and Conscience: Lutheran Casuistry and Moral Reasoning After the Reformation (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2011). This is a lightly-revised version of my dissertation.

Johann Gerhard, Theological Commonplaces: On the Church, ed. Benjamin T. G. Mayes, trans. Richard J. Dinda (St. Louis: Concordia, 2010).

Johann Gerhard, Theological Commonplaces: On Christ, ed. Benjamin T. G. Mayes, trans. Richard J. Dinda (St. Louis: Concordia, 2009).

Johann Gerhard, Theological Commonplaces: On the Nature of Theology and on Scripture, ed. Benjamin T. G. Mayes, trans. Richard J. Dinda, rev. ed. (St. Louis: Concordia, 2009).

Johann Gerhard, Theological Commonplaces: On the Nature of God and on the Most Holy Mystery of the Trinity, ed. Benjamin T. G. Mayes, trans. Richard J. Dinda (St. Louis: Concordia, 2007).

The Brotherhood Prayer Book: Second Edition (Kansas City: Emmanuel Press, 2007). Hardcover, 624 pp. This is a 624-page work of historic music and liturgical devotion, utilizing Gregorian chant from the 16th century and the Middle Ages.

The Brotherhood Prayer Book: Text Edition (Kansas City: Emmanuel Press, 2007). Paperback, 370 pp.

English Chant Psalter NKJ (Fort Wayne, IN: CTS Press, 2002). This is a musical setting of the entire book of Psalms.

Articles and Chapters “The Useful Applications of Scripture in Lutheran Orthodoxy: An Aid to Contemporary Preaching and Exegesis,” Concordia Theological Quarterly 83, nos. 1–2 (2019): 111–135.

“Creation, Science, and God’s Omnipotence,” Concordia Theological Quarterly 82, nos. 3–4 (2018): 290–301.

“Luther on Vocation and Baptism: A Correction to Charismatic and Situational Ways of Discerning God’s Call,” Concordia Theological Quarterly 82, nos. 1–2 (2018): 45–64.

Gerhard Ebeling, “How Luther Preached,” trans. Benjamin T. G. Mayes, Concordia Pulpit Resources 28, no. 3 (May 27–August 26, 2018): 9–14.

“Restoring the Great Litany to the Lutheran Church,” Concordia Theological Quarterly 81, nos. 1–2 (2017): 321–30. “Luther and the Reform of Marriage and Sexuality,” in Defending Luther’s Reformation, ed. John Maxfield (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2017), 183–215.

“Calixt, Georg,” “Gerhard, Johann,” and “Patristics,” in Dictionary of Luther and the Lutheran Traditions, ed. Timothy J. Wengert (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2017), 114, 283–284, 576–577.

“Apology of the Augsburg Confession Comparison Chart,” Concordia Theological Quarterly 80, no. 3–4 (2016): 337–39.

“Self-Pollution: Its Definition and Cure,” in From Taboo to Delight: Ethics of Sex, ed. Gifford Grobien (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2017), 141–59.

“Scripture and Exegesis in Early Modern Lutheranism,” in The Oxford Handbook of Early Modern Theology, 1600–1800, ed. Ulrich Lehner, Richard Muller, and A.G. Roeber (New York: Oxford University Press, 2016), 283–97.

“Georg Dedekenn (1564–1628)” and “Friedrich Balduin (1575–1627)” in Lives & Writings of the Great Fathers of the Lutheran Church, ed. Timothy Schmeling (St. Louis: Concordia, 2016), 55–65, 97–112.

Translation of Johannes Rudbeckius, selection from “Oration on the Legitimate Calling of Ministers of the Church,” in Lives & Writings of the Great Fathers of the Lutheran Church, ed. Timothy Schmeling (St. Louis: Concordia, 2016), 143–47.

“Not Just Proof-Texting: Friedrich Balduin’s Orthodox Lutheran Use of Exegesis for Doctrine,” Concordia Theological Quarterly 79 (2015): 103–120.

“Gerhard, Johann,” in Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception, vol. 10, ed. Dale C. Allison, Jr., Christine Helmer, et al. (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2015), 100–101.

“Tools in the Lutheran Homiletical Toolbox,” Concordia Pulpit Resources 25, no. 1 (Nov. 30, 2014–Feb. 15, 2015), 10–11.

“Lumina, Non Numina: Patristic Authority According to Lutheran Arch-Theologian Johann Gerhard,” in Church and School in Early Modern Protestantism: Studies in Honor of Richard A. Muller on the Maturation of a Theological Tradition, ed. Jordan Ballor, David Sytsma, and Jason Zuidema (Leiden: Brill, 2013), 457–70.

“Lumina, Non Numina: Die Autorität der Kirchenväter nach dem lutherischen Erz-Theologen Johann Gerhard,” trans. by Werner Klän, Lutherische Theologie und Kirche 37, no. 1 (2013): 3–20.

“Wolfhart Pannenberg’s Doctrine of the Atonement: A Lutheran Critique,” in Theology is Eminently Practical: Essays in Honor of John T. Pless, ed. Jacob Corzine and Bryan Wolfmueller (Fort Wayne, IN: Lutheran Legacy, 2012).

Translation of and introduction to Martin Luther, “Afterword to Francesco Chieregati and Pope Adrian VI, Papal Breve against Luther, Sent to the City Council of Bamberg (1523),” in Luther’s Works 59 (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2012), 53–64. Translation of and introduction to Martin Luther, “Preface and Afterword to Two Discordant and Conflicting Imperial Mandates concerning Luther (1524),” in Luther’s Works 59 (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2012), 88–96.

Translation of and introduction to Martin Luther, “Preface to the Second Volume of the Works of John Hus (1524),” in Luther’s Works 59 (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2012), 97–101.

Translation of and introduction to Martin Luther, “Preface and Glosses to Two Bulls of Pope Clement VII on the Jubilee Indulgence (1525, ca. 1545/1557),” in Luther’s Works 59 (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2012), 102–119.

Translation of Martin Luther, “Preface and Afterword to A Vision of Brother Claus in Switzerland and Its Interpretation (1528),” in Luther’s Works 59 (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2012), 208–215.

Introduction to Martin Luther, “Preface to Johann Brenz, On the Christian Conduct of Marriage Cases in Accord with Divine Law and Equity (1531),” in Luther’s Works 59 (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2012), 335–38.

Translation of and introduction to Martin Luther, “Afterword to Letter of the Paris Theologians Censuring Cardinal Cajetan (1534), in Luther’s Works 60 (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2011), 45–56.

“Grabau Versus Walther: The Use of the Book of Concord in the American Lutheran Debate on Church and Ministry in the Nineteenth Century,” Concordia Theological Quarterly 75, no. 3–4 (2011): 217–52.

“Post-Reformation Lutheran Attitudes Toward the Reformed Doctrine of God,” Concordia Theological Quarterly 75, no. 1–2 (2011): 111–34.

“Introduction to the Second Edition” of Philip Melanchthon, The Chief Theological Topics (Loci Praecipui Theologici 1559), trans. J. A. O. Preus (St. Louis: Concordia, 2011), xiii–xxii.

Translation of Philip Melanchthon, “Definition of Many Terms That Have Been Used in the Church,” in The Chief Theological Topics (Loci Praecipui Theologici 1559) (St. Louis: Concordia, 2011), 503–533.

Translation of Wilhelm Loehe, Seed-Grains of Prayer: A Manual for Evangelical Christians (Kansas City, KS: Emmanuel Press, 2010), 17–19, 50–51, 59–60, 90, 121–22.

Translation of Martin Luther, “Sermon for Easter Tuesday Morning, March 30, 1529,” in Luther’s Works: American Edition, vol. 69, Sermons on the Gospel of St. John Chapters 17–20 (St. Louis: Concordia, 2009), 349–72.

“The Mystical Sense of Scripture According to Johann Jacob Rambach,” Concordia Theological Quarterly 72, no. 1 (2008): 45–70.

“Grabau zu Amt und Sakramenten: historisch-theologische Untersuchung einer historischen Debatte,” trans. by Gert Kelter (German translation of “Reconsidering Grabau on Ministry and Sacraments”) Lutherische Beiträge 12, no. 1 (2007): 19–41.

“Reconsidering Grabau on Ministry and Sacraments,” Lutheran Quarterly 20, no. 2 (2006): 190–212. “Does Matthew 18:15-16 Apply to Public Sins? The Steps of Admonition Today and in Lutheran Orthodoxy,” Logia: A Journal of Lutheran Theology 15, no. 2 (2006): 37–44.

“Syncretism in the Theology of Georg Calixt, Abraham Calov, and Johannes Musaeus,” Concordia Theological Quarterly 68, no. 3/4 (2004): 291–317.

“Loci Communes, A Theologian’s Best Friend: Or, How to Make the Theological Tool of Your Dreams.” Logia: A Journal of Lutheran Theology 13, no. 3 (2004): 7–10. This is a summary of Johann Andreas Quenstedt’s Ratio seu Methodus, Scriptores Sacros & Ecclesiasticos cum fructu legendi, excerpendi, & Locos Communes Theologicos conficiendi.

“Introduction to a Letter by Johannes Grabau on Christian Ordination,” Concordia Historical Institute Quarterly 3 (Fall 2000): 171–178.

“A Letter by Johannes Grabau on Christian Ordination,” trans. Benjamin T. G. Mayes, Concordia Historical Institute Quarterly 3 (Fall 2000): 179–189.

Book Reviews Johann Gerhard, Succinct and Select Theological Aphorisms in Twenty-Three Chapters Containing the Core of all Theology Drafted and Adapted for Use in Scholastic Disputations (1611), trans. Paul A. Rydecki (Malone, Texas: Repristination Press, 2018), in Concordia Theological Quarterly 82, nos. 1–2 (2018): 152–53.

Reformation und Rationalität, edited by Herman J. Selderhuis and Ernst-Joachim Waschke, Refo500 Academic Studies 17 (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2015), in Lutheran Quarterly 31, no. 4 (2017): – 487–89.

Image and Word in the Theology of John Calvin, by Randall Zachman, in Concordia Theological Quarterly 73, no. 4 (2009): 376–77.

Philip Melanchthon Then and Now (1497-1997): Essays Celebrating the 500th Anniversary of the Birth of Philip Melanchthon, Theologian, Teacher and Reformer, edited by Scott H. Hendrix and Timothy J. Wengert, in Logia: A Journal of Lutheran Theology 15, no. 2 (2006): 55.

The Believer Free from the Law, by Carl Olof Rosenius, in Logia: A Journal of Lutheran Theology 15, no. 2 (2006): 56–57.

Popular Articles “Healing from Sexual Sins,” The Lutheran Witness (March 2015): 9.

“Listen to God’s Voice,” The Lutheran Witness (May 2012): 14–15.

Presentations Sectional presentation, “Luther’s Forgotten Sermons on Holy Baptism,” at the 13th International Congress for Luther Research, Wittenberg, Germany (July–August, 2017). Abstract: Most of Luther’s focused, non- incidental writing on Baptism occurred in sermons or catechisms. Alongside the 1534 baptismal sermon series that has appeared in 2016 in Luther’s Works, American Edition 57:139–189, Luther’s other baptismal sermon series (from 1528, 1531, 1532, 1538, and 1539, after Epiphany) illustrate his teaching on Baptism in more detail than what is found in the catechisms. Johannes Aurifaber’s editing of the 1538 and 1539 sermon series for the unpublished third volume of the Eisleben edition of Luther’s writings is reliable and trustworthy.

Sectional presentation, “The Rise of Lutheran Casuistry,” at the Sixteenth Century Society and Conference, Fort Worth, TX (October 2011).

Plenary presentation, “Grabau versus Walther: The Use of the Book of Concord in the American Lutheran Debate on Church and Ministry in the Nineteenth Century,” Symposium on the Lutheran Confessions, Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Ind. (January, 2011).

Plenary presentation, “Post-Reformation Lutheran Attitudes Toward the Reformed Doctrine of God,” Symposium on the Lutheran Confessions, Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Ind. (January, 2010).

Sectional presentation, “Post-Reformation Lutheran Casuistry According to Georg Dedekenn (1564–1628),” at the Sixteenth Century Society and Conference, St. Louis, MO (October 2008).

Professional Society Memberships 2009–present, North American Luther Forum / International Congress for Luther Research (attended in 2017, Wittenberg, Germany).

2005–present, Sixteenth Century Society

2001, North American Patristics Society

Community and Congregational Service 2007–2015, Church Council, Emmaus Evangelical Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod (St. Louis, MO).

2004–2006, Secretary, West Michigan Lutheran High School board of directors (Grand Rapids, MI).

2003–2004, member, Friends of West Michigan Lutheran High School (Grand Rapids, MI).

Courses Taught

Systematic

Lutheran Confessions I

Lutheran Confessions II

Lutheran Confessions: Introduction and Overview (SMP, hybrid)

The Lutheran Confessions in Today’s World (SMP, online)

Theologia I Baptism (group)

Pastoral Ministry and Missions Pastoral Theology I

Spiritual Care & Direction (D.Min.)

Exegetical

NT Greek Readings

Historical

Gerhard on Exegesis

Introduction to Lutheran Orthodoxy

Research Methodology & Pedagogy (PhD in Theological Studies)