origen: contra celsum

Origen: Contra Celsum. Hardcover. Origenes: Contra Celsum libri VIII. Origen. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. PREFACE. Please try again. "[13], Gregerman also comments on the broad variety of evidence Origen employs to support his refutations, including evidence from "history, logic, Greek myths, philosophy, and interpretations of Scripture". Professor Chadwick's English translation explores this text through detailed notes and discussion on both Celsus and Origen. [30] Origen responds to Celsus's accusation that Christians kept their doctrines secret by insisting that this charge is patently false and that most people, in fact, were far more familiar with what Christians believed than with what various Greek philosophical schools believed. 1. [25] Origen also employs his training in textual analysis to question the integrity of Celsus's Jewish source. [62] Adam Gregerman and John Anthony McGuckin both praise Origen for his intellectual honesty,[18][13] with Gregerman noting that "even at his most dismissive, Origen quotes and responds to Celsus' views. [3] The compilers of the Philokalia in the fourth century AD relied extensively on Contra Celsum[58] and almost one seventh of the entire text of the Philokalia is directly quoted from it. 3 Origen: Contra Celsum. [13] Origenes' abstrakte Gottesvorstellung erläutert er ausführlich in Contra Celsum 6,61-64: "Keiner von uns [Christen] behauptet, dass Gott eine Form oder Farbe habe [...etc.]" Contra Celsus BOOK I. 0 Reviews. [15] One of Celsus's main sources for Books I–II of The True Word was an earlier anti-Christian polemic written by an unknown Jewish author,[13][7] whom Origen refers to as the "Jew of Celsus". Unser Heiland und Herr Jesus Christus "schwieg", als man falsches Zeugnis wider ihn ablegte, und "antwortete nichts", als man ihn anklagte. WHEN false witnesses testified against our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, He remained silent; and when unfounded charges were brought against Him, He returned no answer, believing that His whole life and conduct among the Jews were a better refutation than any answer to the false testimony, or than any formal defence against the accusations. Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2015. [44] Origen lauds such practice as glorious, saying that Christianity is the closest thing to truly spiritual worship. Origenes: Origenes contra Celsum - Dritter Teilband - Origenes gegen Celsus - Band 50/3 - Griechisch - Deutsch. Origen: Contra Celsum by Origen, 9780521295765, available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide. Origen. [41], Celsus's primary reason for his denunciation of Christianity was because Christianity was not a traditional religion and because it led people to abandon the cults of their ancestors. 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. Origen: Contra Celsum hrsg. [59], Early modern scholarly assessments of Origen's Contra Celsum took a very negative view of it. [15][16] From this reading, Celsus seems to have known which kinds of arguments Christians would be most vulnerable to. Origen. 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. AbeBooks.com: Origen: Contra Celsum (9780521295765) by Origen and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. [7] Nonetheless, most scholars, including Thomas, agree that Origen's quotations from The True Word reveal that the work was well-researched. After having questioned Celsus's credibility, Origen goes on to respond to Celsus's criticism with regard to the role of faith in Christianity, the identity of Jesus Christ, the allegorical interpretation of the Bible, and the relation between Christianity and traditional Greek religion. This is by Henry Chadwick; nothing more needs be said. Contra Celsum Origen Snippet view - 1965. von Marcel Borret, 5 Bände, Paris 1967-1976 (griechischer Text der Schrift des Origenes mit französischer Übersetzung Historical. Origenes, Contra Celsum - Gegen Celsus: Erster Teilband. [41] In response to Celsus's charge that these allegorical interpretations are "preposterous", Origen points to several biblical passages which he interprets as justification for allegorical interpretation. Band II.36.7. [3][14][10][13] Celsus demonstrates extensive knowledge of both the Old and New Testaments[7][10][13] and of both Jewish and Christian history. Understanding Origen’s work can be challenging. [38] He then proceeds to attack the myths of Homer and Hesiod, including the castration of Ouranos and the creation of Pandora, labelling them as "not only very stupid, but also very impious". However, the extant text of the treatise is lacunose and corrupt. [31] Origen argues that, even though people in his own time could not observe the miracles of Jesus or the apostles first hand, the effects that those miracles have had on the Christian community are plainly visible and must therefore have had a cause. [35] While Celsus scoffs at the notion that the Logos would be incarnated so late in human history and in such an obscure place, Origen replies that the Logos has always guided humanity to reason, but that it fittingly became incarnate during the time of the Pax Romana when it would be possible for the message of God to spread without being impeded by wars and factionalism. IV.79. [7][10][9] Origen attributes this to Celsus's inconsistency,[7] but modern historians see it instead as evidence that Celsus was not an Epicurean at all. [28] Origen responds to Celsus's accusation that Christians denigrate reason and education in favor of faith by arguing that, while Christians do believe things on the basis of faith, this faith can be rationally justified;[28] however, because few people are interested in the philosophical justification behind the religion, it is not normally taught, except to the wise. 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