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Apologetics

A-polˊo-get′ics

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Noun.
That branch of theology which defends the Holy Scriptures, and sets forth the evidence of their divine authority.

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apologetics

apologetics

See also: apologètics

English

Noun

apologetics ‎(uncountable)

  1. The field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position, or of religious or occult doctrines

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Etymology

From Late Latin apologia, from Ancient Greek ἀπολογία ‎(apología, “a speech in defense”), from ἀπολογοῦμαι ‎(apologoûmai, “I speak in one's defense”), from ἀπόλογος ‎(apólogos, “an account, story”), from ἀπό ‎(apó, “from, off”) (see apo-) + λόγος ‎(lógos, “speech”).

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