The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 of 2 ANTE-NICENE CHRISTIAN LIBRARY: TRANSLATIONS OF THE WRITINGS OF THE FATHERS DOWN TO A.D. 325. EDITED BY THE REV. ALEXANDER ROBERTS, D.D., AND JAMES DONALDSON, LL.D. VOL. XXIII. ORIGEN CONTRA CELSUM. EDINBURGH: T. & T. CLARK, 38, GEORGE STREET. MDCCCLXXII. PRINTED BY MURRAY AND GIBB, FOR T. & T. CLARK, EDINBURGH. LONDON, HAMILTON, ADAMS, AND CO. DUBLIN, JOHN ROBERTSON AND CO. NEW YORK, C. SCRIBNER AND CO. THE WRITINGS OF ORIGEN. TRANSLATED BY THE REV. FREDERICK CROMBIE, D.D., PROFESSOR OF BIBLICAL CRITICISM, ST. MARY’S COLLEGE, ST. ANDREWS. VOLUME II. ORIGEN CONTRA CELSUM, BOOKS II.-VIII. EDINBURGH: T. & T. CLARK, 38, GEORGE STREET. MDCCCLXXII. Books VII. and VIII. have been translated by the late W. H. CAIRNS, M.A., Rector of the Dumfries Academy, and the rest by PROFESSOR CROMBIE. ANALYSIS OF CONTENTS. VOLUME I. BOOK I., 393-478 PREFACE.—Origen undertakes this treatise at the desire of Ambrose, but thinks it unnecessary, as the facts and doctrines of Christianity form its best defence—work begun on one plan and carried on on another.