John C. Elgood was an Anglican Chaplain St. Luke Kingstom-on-Hull Skegness, Lincs. From 1869-1874. He was vicar in Kirby-Muxloe, Leics, from 1874-1884 and an associate or graduate of Kings College in London.
The work is dedicated to the King of England, who at the time was King Edward VII who reigned from 1901-1910. This was a significant time for religious liberty in Great Britain.
This book was discovered by Rev. D. S. Garza of Madera, California. The writer comments on the theological views of an individual who was called Praxeas. He was a theologian from about the year 200 and was attacked in literary form for those views by Tertullian (a proto-trinitarian). The theological conflict was raging in the city of Rome. Elgood contends the views of Praxeas were biblical. The annotator also deals with the issue of the identity of Praxeas on whether he was the bishop of Rome or another individual from Asia Minor. The theology of the book is in harmony with Oneness Pentecostal theology.