This title from the De Gruyter Book Archive has been digitized in order to make it available for academic research. It was originally published under National Socialism and has to be viewed in this historical context. Learn more . >

This is a new release of the original 1938 edition.

Probably no where else will readers find the crucial material concerning the church in its most formative period placed at their disposal in such graphic and authoritative form, or so closely related to secular history. Chapters on the beginning of the creeds and of the Christian liturgy are firsthand contributions of the finest quality, and the characterization of the great figures such as Tertullian and Origen, are lifelike and forceful in the highest degree.

Written by one of the most distinguished German theologians of the 20th century, this is a masterful study of the person and work of Jesus.

Probably no where else will readers find the crucial material concerning the church in its most formative period placed at their disposal in such graphic and authoritative form, or so closely related to secular history. Chapters on the beginning of the creeds and of the Christian liturgy are firsthand contributions of the finest quality, and the characterization of the great figures such as Tertullian and Origen, are lifelike and forceful in the highest degree.