{"product_id":"2940013493117","title":"Origen: Contra Celsum - Enhanced","description":"This edition of Origen's Contra Celsum comes complete with a Touch-or-Click Table of Contents, divided by each section.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis huge volume of text includes eight full-length books, all in one ebook!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAgainst Celsus, Greek Kata Kelsou, Latin Contra Celsum, is the title of a major work by the Church Father Origen of Alexandria, countering the writings of Celsus the Platonist. It was written in 248 CE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOrigen was an early Christian Alexandrian scholar and theologian, and one of the most distinguished writers of the early Church. As early as the fourth century, his orthodoxy was suspect, in part because he believed in the pre-existence of souls. Today he is regarded as one of the Church Fathers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOrigen excelled in multiple branches of theological scholarship, including textual criticism, biblical interpretation, philosophical theology, preaching, and spirituality. Some of his teachings, however, quickly became controversial. Notably, he frequently referred to his hypothesis of the pre-existence of souls. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs in the beginning all intelligent beings were united to God, Origen also held out the possibility, though he did not assert so definitively, that in the end all beings, perhaps even the arch-fiend Satan, would be reconciled to God in what is called the apokatastasis (\"restitution\").\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou can buy other wonderful religious books from Wyatt North Publishing! \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEnjoy.","brand":"Bieber Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47082918936816,"sku":"2940013493117","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013493117_p0.jpg?v=1763581961","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013493117","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}