As discussed in the One Minute Brief below, Christianapologistsrespond that atheists who raise these kinds of questions misunderstand or misstate the Law of Causality. The Law of Causality only requires a cause for things thatcome into existence, not something thatexists eternallylike the God desc...
I have asked myself the same questions that Beckwith himself asked and over the years through the challenge of Roman Catholic apologists such as Karl Keating, Scott Hahn, Patrick Madrid and others, I have been motivated to study and research the pertinent doctrinal and historical issues related t...
Apologists and the formulators of doctrines in the 3rd through the 6th century. During this time Christians met incouncilto develop statements of faith, confessions, and creeds. The claimed essence was used in conflict and rivalry with others. Christian Apologists began to speak, both to the ...
Tatian submitted that the Judeo-Christian tradition furnished Greek moral philosophy with everything it contained of value; the former, however, exhibited a selflessness that was markedly absent from the latter. For this defensive work, he is sometimes counted among the Christian Apologists of the...
Anger over the events at Nanjing continues to color Sino-Japanese relations to this day. The true nature of the massacre has been disputed and exploited for propaganda purposes by historical revisionists, apologists and Japanese nationalists. Some claim the numbers of deaths have been inflated, whi...
Apologists of the 2nd century like Justin Martyr, Theophilus, and Athenagoras went as far as they could to conciliate Greek thought. Irenaeus, in his book Adversus haereses (Against Heresies, c. 180), came to grips with the gnostic challenge. He not only emphasized the “threefold cord” ...
Aristides, Athenian philosopher and one of the earliest Christian Apologists. His Apology for the Christian Faith is one of the oldest extant Apologist documents and was addressed either to the Roman emperor Hadrian or to his successor Antoninus Pius.
Meanwhile, Apologists such as Justin, Tertullian, and Origen protested in vain that Christians were moral, useful, and loyal citizens. Get Unlimited Access Try Britannica Premium for free and discover more. Subscribe Constantine IPortrait head of Constantine I, marble, Roman, c. 325–370 ce; ...
Saint Pachomius, one of the Desert Fathers and founder of Christian cenobitic (communal) monasticism, whose rule (book of observances) for monks is the earliest extant. Learn about his life and legacy. Learn more about Saint Pachomius in this article.
St. Cyprian was an early Christian theologian and bishop of Carthage who led the Christians of North Africa during a period of persecution from Rome. Upon his execution he became the first bishop-martyr of Africa. Cyprian was born of wealthy pagan parent