ARISTO, of Pella, a Jewish Christian writer of the middle of the and century, who like Hegesippus (q.v.) represents a school of thought more liberal than that of the Pharisaic and Essene Ebionites. He is cited by Eusebius (Hist. Eccl. iv. 6, 3) for a decree of Hadrian respecting the Jews, but is best known as the writer of a Dialogue on the witness of prophecy to Jesus Christ, which was defended by Origen against the reproaches of Celsus.
The literature is cited in G. Kriiger's Early Christian Literature, PP. 104 seq.