Against Celsus Book 5

Origen of Alexandria (184 - 253)
Translated by Frederick Crombie (1827 - 1889)

Against Celsus, preserved entirely in Greek, is a major apologetics work by the Church Father Origen of Alexandria, written in around 248 AD, countering the writings of Celsus, a pagan philosopher and controversialist who had written a scathing attack on Christianity in his treatise "The True Word". Among a variety of other charges, Celsus had denounced many Christian doctrines as irrational and criticized Christians themselves as uneducated, deluded, unpatriotic, close-minded towards reason, and too accepting of sinners. He had accused Jesus of performing his miracles using black magic rather than actual divine powers and of plagiarizing his teachings from Plato. Celsus had warned that Christianity itself was drawing people away from traditional religion and claimed that its growth would lead to a collapse of traditional, conservative values. (Summary by Wikipedia)

Genre(s): Christianity - Other

Language: English

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Play 01 Chapters 1-10 David Ronald
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Play 02 Chapters 11-20 David Ronald
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Play 03 Chapters 21-30 David Ronald
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Play 04 Chapters 31-40 David Ronald
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Play 05 Chapters 41-50 David Ronald
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Play 06 Chapters 51-60 David Ronald
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Play 07 Chapters 61-65 David Ronald
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