REL 1350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Contra Celsum, Peculiar People, Avail
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Celsus was a greek writer in the second century who criticized christianity as a threat to the stable communities and worldview that the pagan religious and social system sought to uphold. His work as a whole has been lost, but when the third century theologian origen sought to answer celsus" charges in a work appropriately called against celsus, he preserved most of celsus" criticisms. Origen"s replies are certainly worth reading in their own right, but the following excerpts are chosen in order to show how a thoughtful pagan viewed christianity. In the excerpts that follow, celsus" words are highlighted for easy of reading. Translation is from volume 4 of the ante-nicene fathers published 1867-1872 and in the public domain. Go to excerpts from book 1, book 3, book 4, book 5, book 6, or book 8. Egypt on account of his poverty, and having there acquired some miraculous powers, on which the.
