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Celsus

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Celsus (; Hellenistic Greek: Κέλσος, Kélsos; fl. AD 175–177) was a 2nd-century Greek philosopher and opponent of early Christianity. His literary work, The True Word (also Account, Doctrine or Discourse; Greek: Hellenistic Greek: Λόγος Ἀληθής), survives exclusively in quotations from it in Contra Celsum, a refutation written in 248 by Origen of Alexandria. The True Word is the earliest known comprehensive criticism of Christianity.Hanegraaff has argued that it was written shortly after the death of Justin Martyr (who was possibly the first Christian apologist), and was probably a response to his work. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Celsus has received more than 517,307 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Celsus is the 246th most popular philosopher (down from 229th in 2019).

Celsus is most famous for his work, "The True Word," which is a polemic against Christianity.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Celsus ranks 246 out of 1,081Before him are François Fénelon, Apollodorus of Athens, Ivan Illich, Thomas Carlyle, Theano, and Ibn al-Nafis. After him are Vyasa, Orosius, Jacques Maritain, Franz Brentano, Aśvaghoṣa, and Vladimir Solovyov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 200, Celsus ranks 12Before him are Pope Dionysius, Pope Cornelius, Hua Tuo, Pope Pontian, Athenaeus, and Pope Stephen I. After him are Marcus Claudius Tacitus, Alexander of Aphrodisias, Artemidorus, Wei Yan, Bhāsa, and Zhang Jue.

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