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 Carl
E. Olson is the editor of IgnatiusInsight.com.
He is the co-author, with medievalist Sandra Miesel, of The
Da Vinci Hoax: Exposing the Errors in The Da Vinci Code (Ignatius,
2004). Known for his knowledge of Evangelical and Fundamentalist beliefs
about the end of the world, he has written over two dozen articles about
Bible prophecy, the belief in the "Rapture," and Left Behind
books. His recent book, Will
Catholics Be "Left Behind"? A Catholic Critique of the Rapture
and Today’s Prophecy Preachers (Ignatius Press, April 2003)
is the result of years of research on the topic; it was recognized by
the Associated Press as one of the best religious titles of 2003.
Carl grew up in a devout Fundamentalist Protestant home in western Montana.
After two years of art school, he attended Briercrest Bible College, an
Evangelical Bible college in Saskatchewan, Canada, graduating with an
associate’s degree in 1991. Carl's wife, Heather, is a graduate of
Multnomah Bible College in Portland, Oregon. They married in 1994 and
entered the Catholic Church together in 1997. Their conversion story appears
in the book, Surprised By Truth 3.
In May 2000, Carl graduated from the University of Dallas with a Masters
in Theological Studies. For two years he was the director of catechesis
and evangelization for Nativity of the Mother of God, a Byzantine Catholic
parish in Springfield, Oregon. From 2002 to 2004 he was the editor of
the award-winning Envoy magazine.
He has written articles for Crisis, The
Catholic Faith, National Review Online, Catholic Parent, Envoy, This Rock,
First Things, Gilbert!, Saint Austin Review, New Covenant, CatholicExchange.com,
and Catholic.org. He is a regular contributor to National Catholic
Register and Our Sunday Visitor. Carl has been a guest on BBC
radio, ABC News Now, FOX-TV, CNBC, "Catholic Answers Live!," "Kresta
in the Afternoon," "Living His Life Abundantly," "The
Catholic Connection," "Morning Air," and EWTN’s "The
Journey Home," "The Abundant Life," "EWTN Live,"
and "Threshold of Hope." He has also guested on numerous local and regional radio
programs and gives talks around the United States.
Carl and Heather have two children. In his spare time, Carl
enjoys recreation with his family, collecting music, reading, playing
tennis, drinking coffee and singing Swedish love ballads in a sweet falsetto
(just kidding!). For more about Carl visit his personal web site: www.carl-olson.com.
E-mail: carl@ignatius.com
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Church Fathers and Teachers: From Leo The Great to Peter Lombard
by Pope Benedict XVI
Also available as an E-Book
After meditating on the Apostles and then on the Fathers of the early Church, as seen in his earlier works Jesus, the Apostles and the Early Church and
Church Fathers, Pope Benedict XVI devoted his attention to the most influential
Christian men from the fifth through the twelfth centuries. In his first book, Church Fathers, Benedict
began with Clement of Rome and ended with Saint Augustine. In this volume, the Holy Father reflects on some of the greatest theologians of the Middle Ages: Benedict, Anselm,
Bernard, and Gregory the Great, to name just a few. By exploring both the lives and the ideas of the great popes, abbots, scholars and missionaries who lived during the fall
of the Roman Empire and the rise of Christendom, Pope Benedict XVI highlights the key elements of Catholic dogma and practice that remain the foundation stones not only of
the Roman Catholic Church but of Christian society itself. This book is a wonderful way to get to know these later Church Fathers and Teachers and the tremendous spiritually
rich patrimony they have bequeathed to us.
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