Everett Ferguson is Professor of Church History Emeritus at Abilene Christian University. A specialist in early Christian history, his work in this field includes the books Encyclopedia of Early Christianity, Studies inEarly Christianity, and The Church of Christ: A BiblicalEcclesiology for Today

• Series Introduction, Volume Introduction, Conversion and Salvation in the Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles, The Catechetical School of Early Christian Alexandria and Its Philonic Heritage, Justification by Faith in Augustine and Origen, Baptism Portrayed as Martyrdom in the Early Church, On Rebaptism: Social Organization in the Third Century Church, Ulfila's Own Conversion, The Prayer of the Heart in Syriac Tradition, The Spirituality of Chrysostom's Commentary on the Psalms, Augustine's Distinctive Use of the Psalms in the Confessions: The Role of Music and Recitation, Martyr Devotion in the Alexandrian School: Origen to Athanasius, How on Earth Could Places Become Holy? Origins of the Christian Idea of Holy Places, Exegesis and Spirituality in the Writings of Gregory the Great, The Origins of Monasticism, Withdrawing from the Desert: Pachomius and the Development of Village Monasticism in Upper Egypt, New Perspectives on the Origenist Controversy: Human Embodiment and Ascetic Strategies, Evagrius of Pontus' HLetter to Melania I, Monastic Journey According to John Cassian, Acknowledgments