Celsus (Hellenistic Greek: Κέλσος, Kélsos; fl. AD 175–177) was a 2nd-century Greek philosopher and opponent of early Christianity. His literary work The True Word (also Account, Doctrine or Discourse; Greek: Hellenistic Greek: Λόγος Ἀληθής) survives exclusively via quotations in Contra Celsum, a refutation written in 248 by Origen of Alexandria. The True Word is the earliest known comprehensive criticism of Christianity and Judaism. (From Wikipedia)
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Books about Celsus:
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Against Celsus (8 books; commentary appears between Book IV and Book V), by Origen (HTML with commentary at CCEL)
7 additional books about Celsus in the extended shelves:
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The apology of Origen in reply to Celsus a chapter in the history of apologetics (W. Blackwood, 1892), by John Patrick (page images at HathiTrust)- Histoire des persécutions de l'église; la polémique païenne à la fin du IIe siècle (Didier, 1878), by B. Aubé (page images at HathiTrust)
- Celsus und Origenes : das Gemeinsame ihrer Weltanschauung nach den acht Büchern des Origenes gegen Celsus : eine Studie zur Religions- und Geistesgeschichte des 2. und 3. Jahrhunderts (Alfred Töpelmann, 1926), by Anna Miura-Stange (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Origen against Celsus: translated from the original into English. (L., 1800), by Origen (page images at HathiTrust)
- The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 (of 2), by Origen, trans. by W. H. Cairns and Frederick Crombie (Gutenberg ebook)
- The writings of Origen, Vol. 1 (of 2), by Origen, trans. by Frederick Crombie, contrib. by Sextus Julius Africanus (Gutenberg ebook)
- A Dissertation on the Books of Origen against Celsus, by Francis Cunningham (Gutenberg ebook)
Books by Celsus:
- Celsus (Platonic philosopher), active 180, contrib.: Arguments of Celsus, Porphyry, and the Emperor Julian, Against the Christians; Also Extracts from Diodorus Siculus, Josephus, and Tacitus, Relating to the Jews (1830), ed. by Thomas Taylor, also contrib. by Porphyry, Emperor Julian, Diodorus Siculus, Flavius Josephus, and Cornelius Tacitus (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
Additional books by Celsus in the extended shelves:
- Celsus (Platonic philosopher), active 180: Celse : ou, Le conflit de la civilisation antique et du christianisme primitif (Éditions du Siècle, 1926), also by Louis Rougier (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Celsus (Platonic philosopher), active 180: Celsus' Wahres Wort älteste Steitschrift antiker Weltanschauung gegen das Christentum vom Jahr 178 n. Chr. (Orell, Füssli, 1873), also by Theodor Keim (page images at HathiTrust)
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