History of the Origins of the Church

Early Church  by 
Earnest Renan

“The History of the Origins of Christianity
The fifteen or sixteen years of religious states history comprised in this volume in the embryonic age of Christianity are the years with which we are best acquainted. Jesus and the primitive Church at Jerusalem resemble the images of a far-off paradise, lost in a mysterious mist. On the other hand, the arrival of St Paul at Rome, in consequence of the step the Author of the Acts has taken in closing at that juncture his narrative