The True Doctrine
E456743
The True Doctrine is a lost anti-Christian polemical work by the 2nd-century philosopher Celsus, known today primarily through Origen’s rebuttal in Contra Celsum.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| On the True Doctrine | 1 |
| The True Discourse | 1 |
| The True Doctrine canonical | 1 |
| True Doctrine | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4638239 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The True Doctrine Context triple: [Contra Celsum, respondsToWork, The True Doctrine]
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A.
Quaecumque vera
Quaecumque vera is the Latin motto of the University of Alberta, traditionally translated as "Whatsoever things are true."
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B.
The Deliverance from Error
The Deliverance from Error is a seminal autobiographical and philosophical work by the medieval Islamic theologian and mystic Al-Ghazali, in which he recounts his spiritual crisis and journey toward Sufi-influenced religious certainty.
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C.
Liber Veritatis
Liber Veritatis is a celebrated collection of landscape drawings by the French Baroque painter Claude Lorrain, created as a visual record of his completed paintings.
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D.
Pillar of Orthodoxy
Pillar of Orthodoxy is an honorific title in Eastern Orthodoxy, especially associated with Saint Mark of Ephesus for his staunch defense of Orthodox doctrine.
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E.
Records of the Transmission of the Lamp
Records of the Transmission of the Lamp is a classic Chan Buddhist compendium of lineage histories, teachings, and enlightenment stories tracing the transmission of awakening from the Buddha through generations of Chinese masters.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The True Doctrine Target entity description: The True Doctrine is a lost anti-Christian polemical work by the 2nd-century philosopher Celsus, known today primarily through Origen’s rebuttal in Contra Celsum.
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A.
Quaecumque vera
Quaecumque vera is the Latin motto of the University of Alberta, traditionally translated as "Whatsoever things are true."
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B.
The Deliverance from Error
The Deliverance from Error is a seminal autobiographical and philosophical work by the medieval Islamic theologian and mystic Al-Ghazali, in which he recounts his spiritual crisis and journey toward Sufi-influenced religious certainty.
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C.
Liber Veritatis
Liber Veritatis is a celebrated collection of landscape drawings by the French Baroque painter Claude Lorrain, created as a visual record of his completed paintings.
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D.
Pillar of Orthodoxy
Pillar of Orthodoxy is an honorific title in Eastern Orthodoxy, especially associated with Saint Mark of Ephesus for his staunch defense of Orthodox doctrine.
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E.
Records of the Transmission of the Lamp
Records of the Transmission of the Lamp is a classic Chan Buddhist compendium of lineage histories, teachings, and enlightenment stories tracing the transmission of awakening from the Buddha through generations of Chinese masters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient polemical text
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anti-Christian work ⓘ lost work ⓘ |
| author | Celsus ⓘ |
| authorOccupation | philosopher ⓘ |
| authorPhilosophicalTradition | Middle Platonism ⓘ |
| criticizes |
Christian appeal to the uneducated
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Christian attitudes toward society and law ⓘ Christian belief in the incarnation ⓘ Christian belief in the resurrection ⓘ Christian division from Judaism ⓘ Christian eschatological expectations ⓘ Christian exclusivist claims to truth ⓘ Christian internal divisions and sects ⓘ Christian miracles ⓘ Christian missionary activity ⓘ Christian refusal to participate in traditional cults ⓘ Christian use of Scripture ⓘ the moral character of Jesus ⓘ the virgin birth narrative ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 2nd century ⓘ |
| genre | philosophical polemic ⓘ |
| geographicalContext | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | earliest extensive pagan critique of Christianity known ⓘ |
| influenced |
Origen's Contra Celsum
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linked to:
Contra Celsum
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| intendedAudience | educated pagan readers ⓘ |
| knownFrom | Contra Celsum ⓘ |
| knownFromAuthor | Origen ⓘ |
| knownFromWorkType | Christian apologetic treatise ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
criticism of Christian doctrine
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criticism of Christian social practices ⓘ criticism of Christianity ⓘ criticism of Jesus ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| philosophicalPerspective | Platonist critique of Christianity ⓘ |
| positionOnChristianity | hostile ⓘ |
| questions |
coherence of Christian theology
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historical reliability of the Gospels ⓘ social value of Christian communities ⓘ |
| reconstructedBy | modern scholars using Origen's quotations ⓘ |
| religiousContext | pagan critique of Christianity ⓘ |
| religiousPosition | defense of traditional Greco-Roman religion ⓘ |
| survivalStatus | lost ⓘ |
| titleAlsoRenderedAs |
On the True Doctrine
ⓘ
linked to:
The True Doctrine
The True Discourse ⓘ
linked to:
The True Doctrine
The True Word ⓘ True Doctrine ⓘ
linked to:
The True Doctrine
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The True Doctrine Description of subject: The True Doctrine is a lost anti-Christian polemical work by the 2nd-century philosopher Celsus, known today primarily through Origen’s rebuttal in Contra Celsum.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The True Doctrine
linked to: The True Doctrine
linked to: The True Doctrine