Fruhe direkte Auseinandersetzung zwischen Christen, Heiden und Haretikern

Examines the controversy between Celsus and Origen, between Irenaeus and the Gnostics (with reference to important Naghammadi texts) and between Plotinus and the Gnostics. This book re-examines important points of contact between Platonic philosophy and Christian theology - and shows the obstacles between them.