Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. III, 1949 Church Fathers Fathers and ecclesiastical writers up to the end of the 8th century, anonymous works

Celsus

CELSO

By Antonio Ferrua

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CELSUS. - A Christian writer who faithfully translated from Greek the dialogue of Aristo of Pella and dedicated it to a bishop Vigilius with a long prefatory letter. This Vigilius does not appear to be the bishop of Thapsus (v.) of the late 5th century, given C.'s interest in anti-Jewish polemic and the archaic christological terminology. In that case the mention of a severe persecution should refer to that of Valerian or Maximian, and the work would have to be attributed to the 3rd century.

The version of the dialogue has been lost, but the long dedication is preserved among the apocrypha of St. Cyprian (ed. Hartel, in CSEL, III, III, pp. 119-32).

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BIBL.: Schanz-Krüger, III (1922), p. 381; Moricca, I, p. 538.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III (1949), col. 1275.

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Ferrua, Antonio. “Celso.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, col. 1275. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/celso-2.

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Ferrua, Antonio. “Celso.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 1275. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/celso-2.

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@incollection{ec3_celso_2,
  author    = {Ferrua, Antonio},
  title     = {Celso},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {III},
  pages     = {1275},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/celso-2}
}

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