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Scholion by Theodore Bar Konai (8th century, Church of the East); The Book of Proof and the Book of Questions and Answers by Ammar al-Basri (9th century, Church of the East); On the Proof of the Christian Religion and other works by Abu Raita al-Takriti (9th century, Syriac Orthodox)
The following individuals are all known to a significant degree for their work in the field of ... (Christian apologist) I. Irenaeus; William C. Irvine (missionary) J.
Christian apologetics (Ancient Greek: ἀπολογία, "verbal defense, speech in defense") [1] is a branch of Christian theology that defends Christianity. [2]Christian apologetics have taken many forms over the centuries, starting with Paul the Apostle in the early church and Patristic writers such as Origen, Augustine of Hippo, Justin Martyr and Tertullian, then continuing with writers ...
F. F. Bruce (1910–1990), apologist, one of the founders of the modern evangelical understanding of the Bible; A. A. Allen (1911–1970), was a minister with a Pentecostal ministry, associated with the "Voice of Healing" movement. Francis Schaeffer (1912–1984), theologian, philosopher, founder of L'Abri, author of A Christian Manifesto
C. S. Lewis – Oxford professor and writer; well known for The Chronicles of Narnia series, and for his apologetic Mere Christianity [8] Alister McGrath – biochemist and Christian theologian' founder of "scientific theology" and critic of Richard Dawkins in his book Dawkins' God: Genes, Memes, and the Meaning of Life [ 9 ]
Athenagoras (/ ˌ æ θ ə ˈ n æ ɡ ər ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ἀθηναγόρας ὁ Ἀθηναῖος; c. 133 – c. 190 AD) was a Father of the Church, an Ante-Nicene Christian apologist who lived during the second half of the 2nd century of whom little is known for certain, besides that he was Athenian (though possibly not originally from Athens), a philosopher, and a convert to ...
A famous example is Socrates' Apologia defense, as chronicled in Plato's Apology. In the Koine Greek of the New Testament, the Apostle Paul employs the term apologia in his trial speech to Festus and Agrippa when he says "I make my defense" in Acts 26:2. [6]
Ravi Zacharias was born on 26 March 1946 in Madras, India, and grew up in Delhi. [4]Zacharias' family was Anglican, [9] but he was a "skeptic" until the age of 17 when he attempted suicide by swallowing poison.