a person who argues in defense or justification of something, such as a doctrine, a policy, or an institution
a person who defends an idea, faith, cause, or institution
One who defends Christianity against intellectual objections. In early church history, the Greek apologists were Christian leaders from approximately 130 to 180 A.D. who wrote treatises in Greek defending Christianity against attacks by pagan philosophers.
Near the end of the second century, the name given to Christian scholars, philosophers, and writers who argued in defense of Christianity to the pagan and Jewish world. Return to Theme
A Christian who gives an intellectual defense of their religion.