Rev. William Joseph Hill, O.P.

REV. WILLIAM JOSEPH HILL, O.P. William Joseph Hill, former Editor-in-Chief of The Thomist (1975-1983), passed away on October 12, 2001, in Washington, D.C., at the age of 77. Fr. Hill entered the Dominican Order in 1943 and became one of the best-known theologians in the United States. He taught for many years at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., and at The Catholic University of America. In addition to his many editorial projects, he published five books, including The Three-Personed God: The Trinity as a Mystery of Salvation and Knowing the Unknown God: An Essay in Theological Epistemology. In this issue, we honor Fr. Hill and acknowledge his great influence upon generations of students, Dominican and non-Dominican alike. We begin with the homily delivered at his funeral by his confrere Brian J. Shanley, O.P. We follow this with a unpublished homily by Fr. Hill, on St. Thomas Aquinas as teacher. ...