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Vincent of Lerins is most famously known for coining what came to be known as the "rule of faith" that became the canonical threshold for all orthodoxy. The statement which reads:

"We hold that faith which has been believed everywhere, always, and by everyone." 

Demarcates a critical point in church history but is also only the beginning of the theology of Vincent of Lerins, an often overlooked but crucial theologian who is a critical figure in understanding how Christian theology developed. 

Thomas Guarino argues that this "Vincentian canon" has frequently been taken out of context. Vincent Lerins and the Development of Christian Doctrine introduces Vincent's thought and its reception in Christian history, exploring Vincent's creative and innovative understanding of the development of doctrine and showing how it informed the thought of John Henry Newman. 

Guarino contends that Vincent's theology contributes significantly to theology and ecumenism in the twenty-first century. The volume is the second in a series on the church fathers, edited by Hans Boersma and Matthew Levering.