I don't know that I found the whole list but I did find the one which most caught my eye the first time I saw it. Remember, Celsus is writing c 180-185 or some 20-25 years after Lucian.
He has heard enough xtian malarkey to know the name "jesus" which Lucian apparently did not. Still, this quote makes clear that there are many different xtian groups by the late 2d century.
Ehrman beats this point to death in his Lost Christianities which is a superb little book.
He has heard enough xtian malarkey to know the name "jesus" which Lucian apparently did not. Still, this quote makes clear that there are many different xtian groups by the late 2d century.
Quote:"Christians, needless to say, utterly detest one another; they slander each other constantly with the vilest forms of abuse, and cannot come to any sort of agreement in their teaching. Each sect brands its own, fills the head of its own with deceitful nonsense...".
Ehrman beats this point to death in his Lost Christianities which is a superb little book.