CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION.

Chap . I. HISTORY and WRITINGS of the JEWS.

Chap . II. THE SCRIPTURES.

Chap . III. HISTORY OF CHRIST.

Chap . IV. MIRACLES.

Chap . V. CHARACTER of the EARLY CHRISTIANS.

Chap . VI. DOCTRINES of the EARLY CHRISTIANS.

Chap . VII. CONCLUSION.

FOOTNOTES.

HULSEAN ESSAY
For 1811.

A
DISSERTATION
ON THE
BOOKS of ORIGEN against CELSUS,
WITH A VIEW
TO ILLUSTRATE THE ARGUMENT
AND
POINT OUT THE EVIDENCE THEY AFFORD
TO THE
TRUTH OF CHRISTIANITY.

Published in pursuance of the Will of the Rev. J. HULSE, as having gained the ANNUAL PRIZE, instituted by him in the University of Cambridge.

BY
FRANCIS CUNNINGHAM,
OF QUEEN’S COLLEGE.

“Quippe in his (nimirum Origenis contra Celsum libris) communem
Christianorum doctrinam, adversus instructissimum Religionis nostrÆ
hostem propugnat: hi summo Auctoris studio maxima eruditione,
elucubrati fuere.”  Bull. Def. Fid. Nic. Cap. ix. Sec. 2.

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1812.

TO THE
Very Rev. the DEAN of CARLISLE,
PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS,
THE PRESIDENT,
AND
To the Reverend and Learned
THE FELLOWS
OF QUEEN’S COLLEGE,
THIS ESSAY
IS DEDICATED
AS A TRIBUTE OF RESPECT AND GRATITUDE BY
THE AUTHOR.