Celsus
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2nd-century Greek philosopher
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Celsus was a 2nd-century Greek philosopher and opponent of early Christianity. His literary work, The True Word , 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.
