Dans cette œuvre magistrale, modèle dans le genre de la polémique, Origène argumente contre Celse, chef de file des adversaires du christianisme naissant, qui reproche aux chrétiens de s’attacher à une foi qu’on ne peut justifier rationnellement et de manquer totalement de sens critique. Notons que les abondantes citations que fait Origène des textes perdus de Celse permettent de mieux connaître la pensée antichrétienne du IIe siècle.
Origen Adamantius was an early Christian scholar, theologian, and one of the most distinguished of the early fathers of the Christian Church. According to tradition, he is held to have been an Egyptian who taught in Alexandria, reviving the Catechetical School of Alexandria where Clement of Alexandria had taught.
Using his knowledge of Hebrew, he produced a corrected Septuagint. He wrote commentaries on most of the books of the Bible. In De principiis (On First Principles), he articulated one of the first philosophical expositions of Christian doctrine.
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