Against Celsus (Contra Celsum) (Greek-English Edition) Paperback – December 27, 2025

This Lux Patrum volume presents Origen of Alexandria’s Contra Celsum (Against Celsus), one of the most important works of early Christian apologetics, in a high-quality Greek–English facing-page edition. Written in the mid-third century in response to the pagan philosopher Celsus, Contra Celsum offers a sweeping defense of Christianity against charges of irrationality, novelty, and social subversion. The English translation is the classic version by Frederick Crombie, long valued for its accuracy and sobriety, here carefully revised and presented alongside the critical Greek text of Paul Koetschau. This bilingual format allows readers to engage Origen’s arguments directly in the original language while benefiting from a reliable and readable English rendering.Visit www.luxpatrum.com to find this and other titles at a discounted price.Praise for Lux Patrum Editions“Lux Patrum may well change the way students and scholars encounter the Christian tradition in the English-speaking world. These superb bilingual volumes are a treasure, long overdue, that finally match what French and German readers have enjoyed for decades. It is a cause for celebration and for gratitude.”– David C. Albertson, University of Southern California“Scholars and students in the Anglo-sphere have long lacked a reliable and easily accessible text and translation of the Dionysian corpus. Here the critical text is placed side by side with the under-appreciated translation of John Parker. This handsome and sturdy volume will be of immense value for all who teach and study these elegant and vital texts.” – Lewis Ayres, The University of St Thomas (Angelicum) & Durham University, UK“The Lux Patrum reprint of the literary corpus of Dionysius the Areopagite, which includes the original Greek text as well as John Parker’s expert translation, makes for a handsome volume and is a true gift to scholars of early Greek Christianity. It will undoubtedly enhance continuing investigation of the Dionysian corpus, with its profound legacies both East and West.“– Paul Blowers, Milligan University“The Lux Patrum edition of the Dionysian Corpus is an excellent instrument to engage one of the most influential sets of writings for Christian Theology from the first millennium. The handsome arrangement of Greek-English facing translation, utilizing the still useful translation of the Rev. John Parker, will be of immense benefit for study of the depth and breadth of the Areopagite’s Christian vision of the cosmos.”– Andrew Summerson, Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies, University of Toronto Read more