David L. Gray (born 1972 in

Warren, Ohio Warren is a city in and the county seat of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. Located in northeastern Ohio, Warren lies approximately northwest of Youngstown and southeast of Cleveland. The population was 39,201 at the 2020 census. The hi ...

) is an American

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theologian Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

, author, speaker, and media host. He is the president and publisher of Saint Dominic's Media and is a

convert from Agnosticism/ Deism. Prior to his conversion to Catholicism, he was a Freemason and an author and speaker on the history of

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Biography

David L. Gray was born in 1972 to Oscar Scott and Gwendolyn McCullough and was raised in Warren, Ohio. After battling academic challenges as a child, he went on to graduate from

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in 1991, and then from Central State University in 1997 with a bachelor of science degree in business management. After converting to Catholicism, he studied at

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and later earned his Master of Arts in Theology from

Ohio Dominican University Ohio Dominican University is a private Dominican liberal arts university in Columbus, Ohio. The university has approximately 1,700 students and offers undergraduate degrees in 40 majors as well as nine graduate degree programs. History The Co ...

in 2017. After graduating from Ohio Dominican University, Gray founded Saint Dominic's Media, which has produced titles concerning Catholic liturgical theology and Catholic history. Prior to his conversion to Catholicism, Gray was a Freemason, and, as such, he authored the book ''Inside Prince Hall'' and had become District Deputy Grand Master of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Ohio, the 2002 Australian & New Zealand Masonic Research Council touring lecturer, elected a Fellow in the Phylaxis Society, co-founder and first editor-in-chief of the Dr. Charles H. Wesley Masonic Research Society, and elected to the Brotherhood of the Blue Forget Me Not, a mainstream US based organization, for his contribution to Masonic education. After growing up nominally Protestant and frequenting the

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, Gray has stated he owes his conversion to Catholicism through an encounter in 2004 with Jesus Christ who audibly spoke to him while he was in the process of attempting suicide, and then later attending a

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, which eventually lead him to enter the

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in 2006, while still incarcerated (2004 - 2010) on charges related to embezzlement. From January 13, 2021, to early 2022, the David L. Gray Show - Voicing Truth and Reason was added to the

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lineup. This weekly talk format program consisted of monologues and guest interviews on various aspects of the Catholic faith, with a politically-right perspective on social topics.

Published books

*Inside Prince Hall --- (Anchor Communications LLC, 2004) *Dead on Arrival: The Seven Fatal Errors of Sola-Scriptura (Bible Only) --- (self-published, 2010) *Cooperating with God: Life with the Cross --- (self-published, 2012) *Cooperating with God: The Bridegroom's Prayer --- (self-published, 2012) *History of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Ohio F&AM 1971-2011: The Fabric of Freemasonry --- (MWPHGL of Ohio, 2012) *The Divine Symphony: An Exordium to the Theology of the Catholic Mass --- (Saint Dominic's Media, 2018) *The Catholic Catechism on Freemasonry: A Theological and Historical Treatment on the Catholic Church's Prohibition Against Freemasonry and its Appendant Masonic Bodies --- (Saint Dominic's Media, 2020) *Catholic, Traditional & Black: In Anthology and Discourse --- (Saint Dominic's Media, 2022)

References

External links

Official website

David L. Gray
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