Ad Fontes A Journal of Protestant Letters Since 2016

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A Journal of Protestant Letters

Ad Fontes reaches ‘back to the sources’ to mine the riches of the classical and Christian traditions. This is done in order to gain wisdom to face the questions we encounter today, both within the walls of our various magisterial Protestant communions and in our shared commonwealth. The aim of the journal is not antiquarian nostalgia, but the patient retrieval of truths still capable of forming free peoples and faithful churches in the service of Christ.

Patrick Timmis, Senior Editor, Ad Fontes

Ad Fontes Volume X · Spring 2026

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The latest number of Ad Fontes — longform essays, columns, and book reviews from scholars, pastors, and writers working in the classical Christian and Protestant tradition.

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Meet the Editors

Patrick Timmis | Senior Editor

Ph.D., Duke University

Patrick Timmis is Senior Editor of Ad Fontes, and teaches the literature of the English Renaissance & Reformation at Hillsdale College. His scholarship has appeared or is forthcoming in journals such as Renaissance and Reformation / Renaissance et Réforme, The Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies, The Ben Jonson Journal, Studies in Philology, Notes & Queries, The Chaucer Review, Christianity & Literature, The Journal of Inklings Studies, and Pro Ecclesia. He has edited volumes for Westminster Seminary Press and Davenant Press in the field of Reformation studies, and his book The Protestant Imagination of C.S. Lewis is under contract with Canon Press. He is a licensed Reader and Catechist in the Anglican Diocese of the Living Word.

Joshua Patch | Associate Editor

Ph.D., University of Dallas

Joshua Patch is a poet and literary critic from Texas, now based at Hillsdale College, where he teaches in the Education Department. His poetry, which often deals with Texas and/or the Bible, has appeared in Solum Journal, The Reformed Journal, and The Borough. His academic work focuses on the English Renaissance, especially Edmund Spenser. Before he was an editor, he wrote a piece for Ad Fontes on Spenser’s Faerie Queene as a handbook for Christian elites. His other interests include children’s literature, American education, metaphysics, psalmody, and the history of rock ‘n’ roll.

Nathan Nocchi | Associate Editor

Ph.D. Candidate, Westminster Theological Seminary

Nathan Nocchi is a Ph.D. candidate at Westminster Theological Seminary, where he serves as Managing Editor of Westminster Magazine and Associate Director of Communications. He is co-general editor of the Collected Works of Anthony Burgess (Reformation Heritage Books, 2026–2031), editor and author of Pulpits and Lecterns: University Sermons, Disputations, and Lectures (Reformation Heritage Books, 2027), author of Wisdom from Westminster: Devotional Readings from Twelve Divines (Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing, 2026), and co-editor of Reformation and Society: Collected Essays Examining Sources, Nations, and Legacies of Reformations (Westminster Seminary Press, 2025).

Joshua Paladino | Associate Editor

Ph.D., Hillsdale College

Joshua Paladino, Managing Editor of Davenant Academic Press, is an Assistant Professor at Cleveland State University’s Center for Civics, Culture, and Society, where he teaches American politics and political theory. His research interests include American local government and the political and theological thought of C. S. Lewis. He has published on C. S. Lewis in Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal and Pietas: A Journal of Tradition, Place, and Things Divine. His current book project is The Political Theology of C. S. Lewis.

Ad Fontes A Journal of Protestant Letters Since 2016

A Journal of Protestant Letters

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Meet the Editors

Patrick Timmis | Senior Editor

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