Ancient Apostles by President David O. McKay is an excellent book for old and young and affords a basis for many successful and happy family hours. President McKay has always felt deep concern for the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to know about the apostles who labored with the Savior while he walked and taught through the land of Palestine. People today need to know the apostles for the great men they were and their zeal once they accepted for truth what Jesus taught. Peter, whom President McKay has designated as his favorite apostle, looms large with his strengths—and his weakness—until he knew for a fact that Jesus is the Christ. Saul of Tarsus assumes an importance after he saw the light and turned from persecutor to persuader. All of the apostles helped bring to a pagan world increased knowledge of the meaning of life through the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. In this book, the foundations of Christendom are traced and the spread of the branches of the early Christian church along the shores of the Mediterranean world.