[Tex/LaTex] How to force the page number to the bottom center of the page for the first page of a paper

page-numbering

I am using the sbl-paper package for a seminar paper, and I need to have the page number on the first page of the body centered at the bottom of the page. I have looked through the other questions on stack exchange, but I cannot find a solution that works for my needs:

 \documentclass[]{turabian-researchpaper}

 \usepackage{sbl-paper}
 \usepackage[backend=biber]{biblatex}
 \usepackage{csquotes}
 \usepackage{fontspec}
 \setmainfont{Times New Roman}

 \begin{document} 
 \institution{A Degree Granting Institution}
 \title{The Title of the Paper}
 \professor{The name of the professor}
 \course{Course number and name}
 \author{The Author}
 \date{April 26, 2018}
 \maketitle
 \setcounter{page}{1}
 \singlespacing   
 This is the first paragraph of the introduction.
 \end{document}

 % Local Variables:   
 % TeX-engine: xelatex    
 % End:

Best Answer

The sbl-paper package uses the fancyhdr package to place the page number on the right side of the header of each page. The specific code used by sbl-paper.sty:

\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhf{}
\fancyhead[R]{\thepage}

The turabian-researchpaper document class, according to the turabian-formatting documentation, provides three page standard styles that can be used with the \pagestyle{} and \thispagestyle{} commands: empty, plain, and heading. The plain page style "centres the page number in the footer."

As Bernard suggested above, placing "\thispagestyle{plain} just after \maketitle" should work.