A Cloud of Witnesses: An Introductory History of the Development of Christian Doctrine to 500 AD, New Revised Edition (Cistercian Studies series)
David N. Bell is University Research Professor in the  Department of Religious Studies at The Memorial University  of Newfoundland. A graduate of the Universities of Leeds  and Oxford, he has written on diverse subjects from the  desert monastic tradition to the libraries of medieval and  seventeenth century abbeys, taught courses in Asian as  well as European religious traditions, and has translated  works from Coptic, Greek, and Latin.