James L. Papandrea, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Church History at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. He is the author of Reading the Early Church Fathers (2012), Novatian of Rome and the Culmination of Pre-Nicene Orthodoxy (Pickwick 2011), The Wedding of the Lamb: A Historical Approach to the Book of Revelation (Pickwick 2011), Spiritual Blueprint: How We Live, Work, Love, Play, and Pray (2010), and The Trinitarian Theology of Novatian of Rome: A Study in Third-Century Orthodoxy (2008). His Web site is www.JimPapandrea.com.