On the True Doctrine , a polemic written in the second century by the Greek philosopher Celsus--an important early opponent of the Christian church--has survived only as quoted by the Christian author Origen in his extensive refutation, Contra Celsum . Hoffmann's translation extracts from Origen and reconstructs the main order of Celsus' argument, providing the first complete English translation of the work. The text also includes a detailed introduction and explanatory notes throughout.
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On the True Doctrine , a polemic written in the second century by the Greek philosopher Celsus--an important early opponent of the Christian church--has survived only as quoted by the Christian author Origen in his extensive refutation, Contra Celsum . Hoffmann's translation extracts from Origen and reconstructs the main order of Celsus' argument, providing the first complete English translation of the work. The text also includes a detailed introduction and explanatory notes throughout.
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