Origen Against Celsus
, by Origen- ISBN: 9781419139178 | 1419139177
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 6/30/2004
But observe what he alleges as a proof of his statement: "Christians at first were few in number, and held the same opinions; but when they grew to be a great multitude, they were divided and separated, each wishing to have his own individual party:[4] for this was their object from the beginning." That Christians at first were few in number, in comparison with the multitudes who subsequently became Christian, is undoubted; and yet, all things considered, they were not so very few.