This concise but comprehensive study of the early church is detailed and makes use of specialist works on this subject. It is informative and has an accessible nature making a complex historic subject easier to take in.Dr Wand's classic treatment of the early church is concise, comprehensive and makes use of specialist treatises. The organisation of material and lucid style make accessible what is at times a complex subject. In addition, the book is full of vignettes of prominent personages and curious items of information.Interesting and informative, A History of Early Church caters for the general reader with an interest in history as well as the religious studies student fow whom it is principally intended.