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Author : Origen
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 1465530371
Total Pages : 889 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (655 download)
Download or read book Origen Against Celsus (Complete) written by Origen and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 1660-01-01 with total page 889 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Orígenes
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9789004119765
Total Pages : 672 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (197 download)
Download or read book Contra Celsum written by Orígenes and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2001 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critical edition of Origen's main and longest work "Contra Celsum."
Author : Aulus Cornelius Celsus
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (931 download)
Download or read book On the True Doctrine: a Discourse Against the Christians written by Aulus Cornelius Celsus and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Carleton Paget
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110883244X
Total Pages : 469 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (88 download)
Download or read book Celsus in his World written by James Carleton Paget and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-11-25 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a scholarly yet accessible manner, this book brings together classicists, experts in ancient Judaism and scholars in early Christianity, to discuss the neglected Greek philosopher Celsus, whose concerns touch upon a range of significant subjects in late antiquity.
Author : Celsus
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781521069066
Total Pages : 89 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (69 download)
Download or read book A True Discourse written by Celsus and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-14 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to the Christian father Origen, Celsus (/ˈsɛlsəs/; Greek: ΚέΛΣΟς. K�lsos) was a 2nd-century Greek philosopher and opponent of Early Christianity. He is known for his literary work, The True Word (also Account, Doctrine or Discourse; Greek: ΛόΓΟς ἈΛΗ&thΗής), which survives exclusively in Origen's quotations from it in Contra Celsum. This work, c. 177 is the earliest known comprehensive attack on Christianity.According to Origen, Celsus was the author of an anti-Christian work titled The True Word (Alēthēs logos). This work was lost, but we have Origen's account of it in his writings. It was during the reign of Philip the Arab that Origen received this work for rebuttal. Origen's refutation of The True Word contained its text, interwoven with Origen's replies. Origen's work has survived and thereby preserved Celsus' work with it.Celsus seems to have been interested in Ancient Egyptian religion, and he seemed to know of Hellenistic Jewish logos-theology, both of which suggest The True Word was composed in Alexandria. Celsus wrote at a time when Christianity purportedly was being persecuted and when there seems to have been more than one emperor.As an anti-Christian Greek philosopher, Celsus mounted an attack on Christianity. Celsus wrote that some Jews said Jesus' father was a Roman soldier named Pantera. The views of Celsus drew responses from Origen who considered it a fabricated story. Raymond E. Brown states that the story of Pantera is a fanciful explanation of the birth of Jesus which includes very little historical evidence--Brown's analysis does not presuppose the doctrine of the "virgin birth", but cites the lack of historical evidence for Celsus' assertion. In addition, Celsus addressed the miracles of Jesus, holding that "Jesus performed His miracles by sorcery (ΓΟΗΤΕίΑ)".
Author : Thomas Taylor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781647991494
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (914 download)
Download or read book Arguments of Celsus, Porphyry, and the Emperor Julian, Against the Christians written by Thomas Taylor and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-24 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Taylor (15 May 1758 - 1 November 1835) was an English translator and Neoplatonist, the first to translate into English the complete works of Aristotle and of Plato, as well as the Orphic fragments. Thomas Taylor was born in the City of London on 15 May 1758, the son of a staymaker Joseph Taylor and his wife Mary (born Summers). He was educated at St. Paul's School, and devoted himself to the study of the classics and of mathematics. After first working as a clerk in Lubbock's Bank, he was appointed Assistant Secretary to the Society for the Encouragement of Art (precursor to the Royal Society of Arts), in which capacity he made many influential friends, who furnished the means for publishing his various translations, which besides Plato and Aristotle, include Proclus, Porphyry, Apuleius, Ocellus Lucanus and other Neoplatonists and Pythagoreans. His aim was the translation of all the untranslated writings of the ancient Greek philosophers. Taylor was an admirer of Hellenism, most especially in the philosophical framework furnished by Plato and the Neoplatonists Proclus and the "most divine" Iamblichus, whose works he translated into English. So enamoured was he of the ancients, that he and his wife talked to one another only in classical Greek. He was also an outspoken voice against corruption in the Christianity of his day, and what he viewed as its shallowness. Taylor was ridiculed and acquired many enemies, but in other quarters he was well received. Among his friends was the eccentric traveller and philosopher John "Walking" Stewart, whose gatherings Taylor was in the habit of attending. Taylor also published several original works on philosophy (in particular, the Neoplatonism of Proclus and Iamblichus) and mathematics. These works have been republished (some for the first time since Taylor's lifetime) by the Prometheus Trust. (wikipedia.org)
Author : Robert Louis Wilken
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300098396
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (983 download)
Download or read book The Christians as the Romans Saw Them written by Robert Louis Wilken and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers an engrossing portrayal of the early years of the Christian movement from the perspective of the Romans.
Author : Morton T. Kelsey
Publisher : Augsburg Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book God, Dreams, and Revelation written by Morton T. Kelsey and published by Augsburg Books. This book was released on 1991 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does the Bible say about dreams? Does God actually speak to us through them? How can they become a source of spiritual insight into life?Morton T. Kelsey, well-known for his writings that connect psychology and religion, puts the meaning of dreams into perspective and helps the reader discover again the richness of the Christian tradition. In this revised and expanded edition, he summarizes new findings in dream research and provides an updated bibliography. A substantial appendix of additional material and an index give further assistance to readers. In his overview of the history of the interpretation of dreams, the author traces the development of Judeo-Christian attitudes about dreams from Old and New Testament times, through the period of the Enlightenment, to the present. Citing Scripture and the views of such diverse writers as St. Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Plato, Freud, and Jung, Kelsey sets down some practical suggestions for Christians today who wish to understand and learn from their dreams and appreciate the richness of the images and symbols they contain.
Author : Peter W. Martens
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199639558
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)
Download or read book Origen and Scripture written by Peter W. Martens and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-01-05 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines Origen of Alexandria's approach to the Bible through a biographical lens, focusing on his account of the scriptural interpreter. Martens explores the many ways in which Origen thought ideal scriptural interpreters (himself included) embarked upon a way of salvation, culminating in the everlasting contemplation of God.
Author : Origen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521295765
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (957 download)
Download or read book Origen: Contra Celsum written by Origen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1980 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Origen
Publisher : Ave Maria Press
ISBN 13 : 0870612808
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (76 download)
Download or read book On First Principles written by Origen and published by Ave Maria Press. This book was released on 2013-12-09 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Origen’s On First Principles is a foundational work in the development of Christian thought and doctrine: it is the first attempt in history at a systematic Christian theology. For over a decade it has been out of print with only expensive used copies available; now it is available at an affordable price and in a more accessible format. On First Principles is the most important surviving text written by third-century Church father, Origen. Origen wrote in a time when fundamental doctrines had not yet been fully articulated by the Church, and contributed to the very formation of Christianity. Readers see Origen grappling with the mysteries of salvation and brainstorming how they can be understood. This edition presents G. W. Butterworth’s trusted translation in a new, more readable format, retains the introduction by Henri de Lubac, and includes a new foreword by John C. Cavadini. As St. Gregory of Nazianzus, Doctor of the Church, wrote: “Origen is the stone on which all of us were sharpened.”
Author : Francis Aloysius Cunningham
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 1465613056
Total Pages : 43 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (656 download)
Download or read book A Dissertation on the Books of Origen Against Celsus written by Francis Aloysius Cunningham and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book of Celsus, entitled “The True Discourse,” is supposed to have been written during the fifth persecution, in the reign of Marcus Antoninus, and in the one hundred and seventieth year of the Christian era. Of his history nothing is known, but that he was an epicurean philosopher, and a friend of Lucian, who inscribed a book to him. The object of his work was an attack upon Christianity, and as such, it is one of the most malignant and unreserved upon record. He is indebted to his opponents for bringing down any account of his writings to posterity, for they have otherwise perished. Origen died in the year of our Lord two hundred and fifty-four. He undertook, at the request of Ambrose, to answer the work of Celsus, and “to leave no part without examination.” His Treatise is divided into eight books; but this division seems rather to be founded upon caprice, than upon any design of methodically discussing the argument. The reasonings of Celsus are discussed in the order in which they occur, which is without method, or connection. The extracts which are made by Origen from the works of his adversary are very copious, so much so, that, considering his object, of fully discussing every part of the original work, it is probable nothing of importance is omitted. The accuracy of the quotations of Origin is guaranteed both by his acknowledged veracity, and by the risk of refutation to which he would otherwise have exposed himself, from opponents who had the original writing in their hands. The work of Origen has been considered both by ancients and moderns, as a master-piece of eloquence and argument. Eusebius and Jerome have given it their highest approbation. Many of our own writers, and many more of the French, both Catholic and Protestant, have pronounced it to be the completest, and best written apology for the Christian Religion which has been bequeathed to us by the ancients. The want of order, both in the attack of Celsus, and the reply of Origen, renders it impracticable to follow, precisely in their steps. Time will be gained, and perspicuity promoted, by endeavouring to bring their perplexed argument into a more regular form. We shall therefore single out the main topics discussed by each, and by stating the objections of the one, and the replies of the other, strive to collect the evidence which each furnishes to the truth of Christianity. Taking the more prominent topics therefore, we shall consider in order; the History and Writings of the Jews—the Scriptures—the History of Christ—the Conduct and the Principles of the early Christians. After which it will be useful to sum up the evidence to Christianity, supplied by the whole argument.
Author : Eric Liberatos
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1483441504
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (834 download)
Download or read book The Case against Origen and Reincarnation written by Eric Liberatos and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-01-06 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Case against Origen and Reincarnation surveys the writings of Origen, a controversial Christian theologian, whose life straddled the third and fourth centuries. By placing his work in the context of his theological predecessors, Eric Liberatos uses this analysis to trace the development of Origen's distinctive doctrines, such as reincarnation. His review of the history of the period concludes that Origen's condemnation by ecumenical councils arose from the virulent polemics and contentious politics of various ecclesiastical leaders of the period. The Case against Origen and Reincarnation will appeal to all who seek to understand the development of Christian thought and the influences of politics and personality on the church's theologies. Award-winning book that earned acclaim from the prestigious Next Generation Indie Book Awards! 2016 Winner in Religious Non-fiction 2016 Finalist in Historical Non fiction.
Author : Francis CUNNINGHAM (Vicar of Lowestoft.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (18 download)
Download or read book A Dissertation on the Books of Origen against Celsus, with a view to illustrate the argument and point out the evidence they afford to the truth of Christianity. Published in pursuance of the will of the Rev. J. Hulse, as having gained the annual prize, instituted by him in the University of Cambridge written by Francis CUNNINGHAM (Vicar of Lowestoft.) and published by . This book was released on 1812 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Celsus
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781721084944
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (849 download)
Download or read book The Fragments of Celsus written by Celsus and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-06-21 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The famous polemic of Celsus, the Greek Neoplatonist philosopher and staunch opponent of the early Christians, survives exclusively in quotations found in Origen's 'Contra Celsum'. This brilliant, classic translation of the earliest surviving substantial criticism of Christianity is being published separately for the first time. This translation of Celsus' fragments, from the Latin of Origen, remains the best available in English. Only the most minor modifications to the text have been made for this edition, mainly substituting for archaic English words. The translation originally appeared in John Patrick's 'The Apology of Origen in Reply to Celsus: A Chapter in the History of Apologetics'.
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Publisher : CCEL
ISBN 13 : 1610250311
Total Pages : 1644 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (12 download)
Download or read book ANF04. Fathers of the Third Century: Tertullian, Part Fourth; Minucius Felix; Commodian; Origen, Parts First and Second written by and published by CCEL. This book was released on with total page 1644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Fr. Joseph Clifford Fenton, S.T.D.
Publisher : Emmaus Road Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1941447694
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (414 download)
Download or read book Laying the Foundation: A Handbook of Catholic Apologetics and Fundamental Theology written by Fr. Joseph Clifford Fenton, S.T.D. and published by Emmaus Road Publishing. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laying the Foundation: A Handbook of Catholic Apologetics and Fundamental Theology is a classic text by the late Fr. Joseph Clifford Fenton, a highly respected author, professor, and theologian of the twentieth century. “This book appeared in 1942 under the rather unimposing title We Stand with Christ: an Essay in Catholic Apologetics. It should have become a classic. It is, I believe, the greatest work of apologetics produced in a time of superstar apologists such as F. J. Sheed, Ronald Knox, and Fulton Sheen. It represents the high point of apologetics as well as a gold standard for subsequent works of fundamental theology.”—from the foreword by Scott Hahn, Franciscan University of Steubenville.
