A Cloud of Witnesses: An Introductory History of the Development of Christian Doctrine by David N. Bell Paperback New
This little book is intended to be an introduction, laying the foundations for more detailed investigation. It is a book in which footnotes have been virtually eliminated, Greek and Latin terms severely curtailed, and the multitudinous and colorful dramatis personae of the first five centuries of Christian doctrinal history reduced, if not to a minimum, at least to a workable number. It is not intended for the specialist or the scholar, but simply for anyone interested in learning something about the way in which the doctrines of early Christianity developed. Cistercian Publications ISBN 0879077093