The Ecclesiastical History of the Second and Third Centuries

The book is based on lectures by the author, who served as Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge in 1825. It incorporates insights from August Neander's Antignosticus Geist des Tertullians, exploring Tertullian's anti-Gnostic perspectives in depth. The second edition enhances the original content with these scholarly discussions, offering a significant examination of early Christian thought and its theological implications.