Christian Apologetics is the field of study concerned with the systematic defense (apologetics) of Christianity. The word "apologetic" comes from the Greek word apologia, which means in defense of. A person involved in Christian or Bible Apologetics is a defender of Christianity. Someone who engages in Christian apologetics is called a Christian apologist. This Classical Greek term appears in the Koine (i.e. common) Greek of the New Testament. The apostle Paul employed the term "apologia" in his trial speech to Fe ...

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• Christian apologetics - Purpose
• Christian apologetics - History of Christian apologetics
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• Christian apologetics - Types of Christian Apologetics
• Christian apologetics - Historical and legal evidentialist apologetics
• Christian apologetics - Prophetic Christian apologetics
• Christian apologetics - Biblical apologetics
• Christian apologetics - Philosophical apologetics
• Christian apologetics - Ontological argument
• Christian apologetics - Doctrinal Christian apologetics
• Christian apologetics - Moral Christian apologetics
• Christian apologetics - Scientific Christian apologetics
• Christian apologetics - Key print resources and introductory Christian apologetic works
• Christian apologetics - Overview and reference
• Christian apologetics - Historical and legal evidential Christian apologetics
• Christian apologetics - Prophetic
• Christian apologetics - Philosophical
• Christian apologetics - Biblical apologetics
• Christian apologetics - Moral
• Christian apologetics - Scientific
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Christian apologetic works as a whole employ both fact and opinion. Introductory Christian apologetics which are more wide in scope and briefer works tend to offer less facts and offer expert opinion from Christian scholars. More scholarly works offer more facts and offer more dissenting non-Christian opinions while arguing that those dissenting non-Christian opinions are in error. Critics of Christian apologetic works often take exception to some introductory Christian apologetic works because they believe they should offer more dissenting ...

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Christian apologetics, Christian apologetics - Purpose, Christian apologetics - History of Christian apologetics, Christian apologetics - Christian apologetics today, Christian apologetics - Types of Christian Apologetics, Christian apologetics - Historical and legal evidentialist apologetics, Christian apologetics - Prophetic Christian apologetics, Christian apologetics - Biblical apologetics, Christian apologetics - Philosophical apologetics, Christian apologetics - Ontological argument, Christian apologetics - Doctrinal Christian apologetics, Christian apologetics - Moral Christian apologetics, Christian apologetics - Scientific Christian apologetics, Christian apologetics - Key print resources and introductory Christian apologetic works, Christian apologetics - Overview and reference, Christian apologetics - Historical and legal evidential Christian apologetics, Christian apologetics - Prophetic, Christian apologetics - Philosophical, Christian apologetics - Biblical apologetics, Christian apologetics - Moral, Christian apologetics - Scientific, Christian apologetics - General/classics, Christian apologetics - Criticisms of Christian apologetics

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Apologetics is the field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position. Someone who engages in apologetics is called an apologist or an "apologete". The term comes from the Greek word apologia (απολογια), meaning defense of a position against an attack. When John Henry Newman entitled his spiritual autobiography Apologia Pro Vita Sua in 1864, he was playing upon both connotations. Early uses of the term include Plato's Apology (the defense speech of Socrates from his trial) and some works of ...

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• Apologetics - Colloquial usage
• Apologetics - Technical usages
• Apologetics - Intellectual and social function of religious apologetics
• Apologetics - Varieties of Christian apologetics
• Apologetics - Early Church
• Apologetics - Medieval to post-Reformation era
• Apologetics - Modern era
• Apologetics - Apologetics in world religions
• Apologetics - Bibliography

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History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Father Christ the Son The Holy Spirit The Bible Old Testament New Testament Apocrypha The Gospels Ten Commandments Sermon on the Mount Christian theology Salvation · Grace Christian worship Christian Church Catholicism Orthodox Christianity Protestantism Christian denominations ...

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• Christianity - Overview
• Christianity - Denominations of Christianity
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• Christianity - Beliefs
• Christianity - The Trinity
• Christianity - Jesus Christ as God
• Christianity - Jesus Christ as Salvation
• Christianity - Crucifixion and Resurrection
• Christianity - The Second Coming
• Christianity - The Afterlife
• Christianity - Differences in Beliefs
• Christianity - Nicene Creed
• Christianity - Scriptures
• Christianity - Worship and practices
• Christianity - Weekly worship services
• Christianity - Holidays
• Christianity - Symbols
• Christianity - Persecution
• Christianity - History and denominations
• Christianity - Notes
• Christianity - References and select bibliography

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Clive Staples Lewis (November 29, 1898 – November 22, 1963), commonly referred to as C. S. Lewis, was an Irish author and scholar, born into a Protestant family in Belfast, though mostly resident in England. Lewis is known for his work on medieval literature, for his Christian apologetics and for his fiction, especially the children’s series entitled The Chronicles of Narnia. C. S. Lewis - Early life. Clive Staples Lewis was born in Belfast, Ireland (now Northern Ireland), to Albert James ...

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• C. S. Lewis - Early life
• C. S. Lewis - My Irish Life
• C. S. Lewis - Conversion to Christianity
• C. S. Lewis - Career as a scholar
• C. S. Lewis - Career as a writer of fiction
• C. S. Lewis - Career as a writer on Christianity
• C. S. Lewis - Trilemma
• C. S. Lewis - Portrayals of Lewis's life
• C. S. Lewis - Lewis’s death and legacy
• C. S. Lewis - Bibliography
• C. S. Lewis - Nonfiction
• C. S. Lewis - Fiction
• C. S. Lewis - Poetry
• C. S. Lewis - Books about C. S. Lewis

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The Christian countercult movement, also known as discernment ministries is the collective designation for many mostly unrelated ministries and individual Christians who oppose non-mainstream Christian and non-Christian religious groups, which they often call cults. Motivation for this movement is usually based in doctrinal and theological reasons, and it often with a missionary or apologetic purpose. Protagonists often come from an Evangelical or fundamentalist background, although some are former members of non-mainstream gro ...

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• Christian countercult movement - History
• Christian countercult movement - Precursors & pioneers
• Christian countercult movement - Mid-20th century apologists
• Christian countercult movement - Walter Martin
• Christian countercult movement - Other technical terminology
• Christian countercult movement - Countercult apologetics as accepted term
• Christian countercult movement - Countercult outside the USA
• Christian countercult movement - Contextual missiology
• Christian countercult movement - Apologetic nuances and models
• Christian countercult movement - Prominent protagonists in the Christian countercult movement
• Christian countercult movement - People
• Christian countercult movement - Organizations
• Christian countercult movement - Bibliography
• Christian countercult movement - Primary sources
• Christian countercult movement - History and critical assessments

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History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Father Christ the Son The Holy Spirit The Bible Old Testament New Testament Apocrypha The Gospels Ten Commandments Sermon on the Mount Christian theology Salvation · Grace Christian worship Christian Church Catholicism Orthodox Christianity Protestantism Christian denomin ...

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• Criticism of Christianity - Criticisms Regarding the Bible
• Criticism of Christianity - Criticisms Regarding Selective Interpretation of the Bible
• Criticism of Christianity - Criticisms Regarding Christianity and Tolerance
• Criticism of Christianity - Criticisms Regarding Christianity and Science
• Criticism of Christianity - Criticisms Regarding Christianity and Reason
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In Christian theology, several belief systems that hold, for various reasons, that reason is irrelevant to religious faith have been labelled as fideism. The word is also occasionally used to refer to the Protestant belief that Christians are saved by faith alone: for which see sola fide. This position is sometimes called solifidianism. Fideism - The logic of fideism. Alvin Plantinga defines "fideism" as "the exclusive or basic reliance upon faith alone, accompanied by a consequent disp ...

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• Fideism - The logic of fideism
• Fideism - Fideism in Christianity
• Fideism - Tertullian and fideism
• Fideism - Blaise Pascal and fideism
• Fideism - Kierkegaard and fideism
• Fideism - Fideism and presuppositional apologetics
• Fideism - Theologies opposed to fideism
• Fideism - Fideism rejected by the Roman Catholic Church
• Fideism - The Christological argument in Protestantism
• Fideism - Fideism in Islam
• Fideism - External link

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Belief in reincarnation is held by many Hindus, Buddhists, and Taoists but such beliefs are held by relatively few Christians, Jews, and Muslims. No mainstream Christian denomination includes reincarnation among their doctrines. The Christian creeds and confession have consistently proclaimed a belief in a single judgement of humanity and in the eschatological hope of the resurrection of the dead. Some small sects, such as the Liberal Cat ...

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• Bible and reincarnation - Differences between conservative and liberal Christian views
• Bible and reincarnation - Judaism
• Bible and reincarnation - Supporting passages from a Christian point of view
• Bible and reincarnation - Elijah became John the Baptist
• Bible and reincarnation - John 9:1-3
• Bible and reincarnation - Galatians 6:7
• Bible and reincarnation - New Testament passages seen to be in opposition
• Bible and reincarnation - Hebrews 9:27
• Bible and reincarnation - Luke 13
• Bible and reincarnation - The thief on the cross
• Bible and reincarnation - Paul's teaching
• Bible and reincarnation - Apologetics
• Bible and reincarnation - Origen
• Bible and reincarnation - History of Canonical and extra-biblical writings
• Bible and reincarnation - New Age views
• Bible and reincarnation - Reference literature
• Bible and reincarnation - Positive
• Bible and reincarnation - Critical
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Biblical Hermeneutics, part of the broader hermeneutical question, relates to the problem of how one is to understand Holy Scripture. By definition, this is a theological act, ie. part of the discourse of a faith-community. This does not mean that it is of no relevance to those who do not consider themselves to be part of that community, but rather that it is an issue that arises out of the particular needs of that community. Therefore one ought to differentiate between Christian and Jewish Biblical hermeneutics: although there ...

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• Biblical hermeneutics - Theological Hermeneutics as traditional Christian Biblical Exegesis

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The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), also known as the Disciples of Christ or simply as the Christian Church, is a denomination of Christian Protestantism that grew out of movements founded by Thomas Campbell and Alexander Campbell of West Virginia (then Virginia) and Barton W. Stone of Kentucky. Both families were originally Presbyterians. Disciples of Christ - History. The roots of the Disciples of Christ lie in the Restoration Movement of the early 1800s, with a focus on Christian un ...

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• Disciples of Christ - History
• Disciples of Christ - Modern Disciples
• Disciples of Christ - The Chalice
• Disciples of Christ - Churches Uniting in Christ
• Disciples of Christ - Peoples Temple and Jim Jones
• Disciples of Christ - Prominent Members
• Disciples of Christ - Affiliations

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The Worldwide Church of God is a religious organization that was founded in 1933 by Herbert W. Armstrong as the Radio Church of God. Armstrong was a minister in the General Conference of the Church of God (Seventh-Day), and his "church" (at the time, actually a small church congregation of adherents with a radio ministry) was initially not a separate entity, but a part of that conference. His ministerial c ...

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• Worldwide Church of God - Timeline
• Worldwide Church of God - Current status
• Worldwide Church of God - Current organizational structure
• Worldwide Church of God - Original Worldwide Church of God splinter groups

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The Christian Research Institute is one of the largest Evangelical Christian apologetics ministries of the world. It was founded by Walter Martin and is presently lead by Hank Hanegraaff. CRI provides the equip.org website with apologetic resources and publishes the Bible Answer Man radio program. The Christian Research Institute publishes the Christian Research Journal [1] which won several awards of excellence from the Evangelical Press Association. ...

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• Christian Research Institute - Links

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There are a variety of Christian apologetic styles and schools of thought. In the Thomistic or Classical apologetics tradition philosophical arguments for God's existence are emphasized before turning to the specific case for Christian revelation claims. In the Evidentialist tradition empirical arguments about the life, miracles, death and resurrection of Christ are presented as probabilistic proofs. The Presuppositional tradition argues that belief in God must be presupposed, and from that vantage point non-theistic assumptions are proven to be fa ...

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Apologetics, Apologetics - Colloquial usage, Apologetics - Technical usages, Apologetics - Intellectual and social function of religious apologetics, Apologetics - Varieties of Christian apologetics, Apologetics - Early Church, Apologetics - Medieval to post-Reformation era, Apologetics - Modern era, Apologetics - Apologetics in world religions, Apologetics - Bibliography

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CARM was founded in October 1995 by Matt Slick. CARM began as a collection of information Slick had gathered from his studies of other religions and of groups often considered by orthodox Christians to be cults, including Unitarian Universalists, Christian Scientists, Seventh Day Adventists, Jehovah's Witnesses, Universalists, and Mormons. The site then grew to include several more topics related to Christian theology and apologetics. CARM is now one of the largest apologetics websites: it offers text in five languages (English, Spani ...

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Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry, Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry - History, Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry - Self-described mission, Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry - Critical views

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As the world's religions have encountered one another, apologists from within their respective faiths have emerged. One of the earliest Buddhist apologetic texts is The Questions of King Milinda, which deals with ethical and intellectual problems. In the British colonial era, Buddhists in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) wrote tracts that challenged and rejected Christianity. In the mid-nineteenth century, encounters between Buddhists and Christians in Japan prompted the formation of a Buddhist Propagation Society. In recent times A. L. ...

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Apologetics, Apologetics - Colloquial usage, Apologetics - Technical usages, Apologetics - Intellectual and social function of religious apologetics, Apologetics - Varieties of Christian apologetics, Apologetics - Early Church, Apologetics - Medieval to post-Reformation era, Apologetics - Modern era, Apologetics - Apologetics in world religions, Apologetics - Bibliography

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Apologetics serves an intellectual function within religious communities by providing arguments that support the doctrinal and ethical tenets of the religion. These arguments strengthen the believer's faith and support the propagation of the religion by offering arguments intended to persuade the uncommitted. Skeptics engaged in debate with apologists tend to expect apologetics to consist of powerful arguments intended to persuade skeptics, and are sometimes surprised by the failure of these arguments to even approach this goal. Occas ...

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Apologetics, Apologetics - Colloquial usage, Apologetics - Technical usages, Apologetics - Intellectual and social function of religious apologetics, Apologetics - Varieties of Christian apologetics, Apologetics - Early Church, Apologetics - Medieval to post-Reformation era, Apologetics - Modern era, Apologetics - Apologetics in world religions, Apologetics - Bibliography

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The term apologetics etymologically derives from the Classical Greek word "apologia". In Classical Greek legal system two key technical terms were employed: the prosecution delivered the "kategoria", and the defendant replied with an "apologia". To deliver an "apologia" then meant making a formal speech to reply and rebut the charges. Plato's book The Apology was an account of Socrates' defence in court against his accusers. This Classical Greek term appears in the Koine (i.e. common) Greek of the New Testament. The Apos ...

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Apologetics, Apologetics - Colloquial usage, Apologetics - Technical usages, Apologetics - Intellectual and social function of religious apologetics, Apologetics - Varieties of Christian apologetics, Apologetics - Early Church, Apologetics - Medieval to post-Reformation era, Apologetics - Modern era, Apologetics - Apologetics in world religions, Apologetics - Bibliography

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The term apologetics etymologically derives from the Classical Greek word apologia. In Classical Greek legal system two key technical terms were employed: the prosecution delivered the kategoria, and the defendant replied with an apologia. To deliver an apologia then meant making a formal speech to reply and rebut the charges. Plato's book The Apology was an account of ...

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Apologetics, Apologetics - Colloquial usage, Apologetics - Technical usages, Apologetics - Intellectual and social function of religious apologetics, Apologetics - Varieties of Christian apologetics, Apologetics - Early Church, Apologetics - Medieval to post-Reformation era, Apologetics - Modern era, Apologetics - Apologetics in world religions, Apologetics - Bibliography

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