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Answer for the clue "The branch of theology that is concerned with the defense of Christian doctrines ", 11 letters:
apologetics

Word definitions for apologetics in dictionaries

Wiktionary 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.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
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 ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
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.