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The branch of theology that is concerned with the defense of Christian doctrines
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apologetics
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position, or of religious or occult doctrines
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Apologetics \A*pol`o*get"ics\, n. That branch of theology which defends the Holy Scriptures, and sets forth the evidence of their divine authority.
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Apologetics (from Greek ἀπολογία, "speaking in defense") is the discipline of defending a position (often religious) through the systematic use of information. Early Christian writers (c. 120–220) who defended their faith against critics and recommended ...
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n. the branch of theology that is concerned with the defense of Christian doctrines
Usage examples of apologetics.
Alexandrine-Jewish apologetics, the maxims of Jesus, and the religious speech of the Christian Churches.
The Gnostics were not interested in apologetics, and that is a very significant fact.
The complete development of church apologetics, as well as the conviction that Christianity is identical with correct and absolute knowledge.
But, obviously, in the context of second-century apologetics, this could be taken as a false prediction.
Comparative religion, homiletics, higher criticism, apologetics, Hebrew, Latin, Greek, all require scholarship.