A prolific writer and editor, he became a leader in Catholic intellectual life in the early 20th century.
He played a major role in starting America, the Jesuit weekly magazine, and the Catholic Encyclopedia.
Wynne was a historian, commentator, editor and educator who worked to promote Catholic scholarship and intellectual engagement with contemporary issues.
Wynne was a proponent of "inculturation," the idea that Catholicism should adapt to and engage with American culture and society.
[3] Wynne was a key figure in the Catholic response to the modernist crisis, a theological controversy that rocked the Church in the early 20th century.