From apologetics to the new apologia

Authors

Przemysław Artemiuk
Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5337-0329

Synopsis

The aim of the article was to show the evolution of the defense of Christianity. In the first part, the author characterized the old apology and the old apologetics. The second part was devoted to the presentation of the new apology and the new apologetics. The analyses carried out allowed us to draw the following conclusions. Since the beginning of Christianity, we have been dealing with its defense and justification. Apology and apologetics are terms that, while maintaining their own shade of  meaning, are often treated interchangeably. They are different, but there is transitivity between
them. Apologetics takes the form of a deepening and systematizing reflection on apologies, or defenses of Christianity. In the course of the procedures, he wants to organize the apological argumentation, born in a hurry, subjecting it to analysis in order to develop a methodical lecture. Contemporary apologists clearly link the issue of the defense of Christianity with evangelization. They believe that apologetics plays a fundamental role in the proclamation of the kerygma.

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October 29, 2024

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