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Origen : Contra celsum

The Contra Celsum is the culmination of the great apologetic movement of the second and third centuries AD and a chief monument to Greek Orthodoxy. Professor Chadwick's English translation explores this text through detailed notes and discussion on both Celsus and Origen. This work will be of interest to historians, theologians and to hellenists.
Print Book, English, 1953
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1953
xl, 530 pages
9780521295765, 0521295769
1015526807
Introduction; 1. Philosophical background; 2. Date of the Contra Celsum; 3. Celsus' theology; 4. The reconstruction of Celsus' text; 5. The identity and date of Celsus; 6. Manuscripts, editions and translations; Abbreviations; Bibliography; Appendix; General index; Index of classical authors; Index of biblical passages.