Defender of the Faith Thesaurus Acronyms Encyclopedia Wikipedia n (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the title conferred upon Henry VIII by Pope Leo X in 1521 in recognition of the King's pamphlet attacking Luther's doctrines and retained by subsequent monarchs of England. Latin term:Fidei Defensor...
The short form of the title's Latin translation, Fidei Defensor, is FD or FID DEF, and this appears on every British coin. The title was first given to King Henry VIII by Pope Leo X after Henry's defence of the Roman Catholic faith against the teachings of Martin Luther. But the ...
b. To attempt to disprove or invalidate (the claim made by a lawsuit or prosecution): defend a class action; defend a criminal case. v.intr. 1. To make a defense. 2. Sports To play defense. [Middle English defenden, from Old French defendre, from Latin dēfendere, to ward off; se...
We are so used to having lay apologists that we may not fully appreciate More’s achievement in this defense of Christendom. He was a pioneer. While More’sUtopiahas been constantly translated from Latin and has been a popular text for years, his English apologetic works are less well known...
Saint Sixtus III ; feast day March 28) was the pope from 432 to 440. A chief Roman priest when he succeeded Pope St. Celestine I on July 31, 432, Sixtus had previously been suspected of favouring Pelagianism (heretical doctrine that minimized the role of