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Celsus

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Celsus , 2d cent., Roman philosopher, an aggressive antagonist of Christianity. His works have been lost, but the substance of his True Discourse is given by Origen in his Against Celsus, ed. and tr. by Henry Chadwick (1953, repr. 1965). Author not available, CELSUS. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more

Aulus Cornelius Celsus
Aulus Cornelius Celsus Aulus Cornelius Celsus (ca. 25 B.C.-A.D. 45) was the Roman author of the first systematic...present-day knowledge of Alexandrian and Roman medicine. Of Celsus the man little is known. It is surmised that he was born at... Read more

Celsus
Celsus (2nd cent.), pagan philosopher. His ‘True Discourse’ ( c. 178) is the earliest literary attack on Christianity of which details have survived; most of it is preserved in Origen's reply. Celsus praised the Logos doctrine and the Christian moral code, but he objected to the exclusive claims of ... Read more

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