Did ancient Christians burn all the books?

[jeremyp]

Anybody versed in Betteridge's law will automatically assume the answer is no.

Here is a more evidence based article

https://historyforatheists.com/2020/03/the-great-myths-8-the-loss-of-ancient-learning/

The tl;dr is that the notion that Christians in antiquity expunged all the texts they didn't like is not based on evidence.

[Nearly Sane]

Anybody versed in Betteridge's law will automatically assume the answer is no.

Here is a more evidence based article

https://historyforatheists.com/2020/03/the-great-myths-8-the-loss-of-ancient-learning/

The tl;dr is that the notion that Christians in antiquity expunged all the texts they didn't like is not based on evidence.

Can We Be Sure Of This? 

[Dicky Underpants]

Can We Be Sure Of This? 

Maybe they 'didn't strive officiously to keep alive'.
After all, we only know of Celsus' work from the quotes in Origen's 'Contra Celsum' - and I think a few other ancient pagan works are known only as a result of such selective quotation. Use once, and throw away.

[Nearly Sane]

Maybe they 'didn't strive officiously to keep alive'.
After all, we only know of Celsus' work from the quotes in Origen's 'Contra Celsum' - and I think a few other ancient pagan works are known only as a result of such selective quotation. Use once, and throw away.

I pretty much agree with the article. I was making joky reference to Betteridge's Law

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge's_law_of_headlines