Few works of the early Church are as interesting to the modern
reader or as important to the historian as Origen's reply to the
attack on Christianity made by the pagan Celsus. The Contra Celsum
is the culmination of the great apologetic movement of the second
and third centuries AD, and is for the Greek Church what St
Augustine's City of God is for Western Christendom. It is also one
of the chief monuments of the coming together of ancient Greek
culture and the new faith of the expanding Christian society. Thus
Origen's work is of interest not only to the historian and
theologian, but also to the hellenist. Professor Chadwick's English
translation is preceded by a substantial introduction which
includes discussion on Celsus' date, identity and theological
outlook, as well as an account of Origen's philosophical background
and method. The notes elucidate the many obscure allusions of a
difficult text.
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