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Contra Celsum /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Origen
Otros Autores: Chadwick, Henry, 1920-2008 (ed. and tr.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Latín
Publicado: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1980.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Notas:Reprint, with additions and corrections, of the 1965 ed.
Includes indexes.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xl, 530 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxv-xl).
ISBN:9781139939089
1139939084
9780511934407
0511934408
9780511555213
0511555210
9781139929691
1139929690