WHAT IS APOLOGETICS ?
APOLOGETICS " In the beginning... God." The first words of the bible ( see Gen 1:1 ) affirm essential teaching of the Christian faith: Before all else, God is . It's a reality that seems obvious to most Christians, yet many people doubt or deny it Challenges are often issued to other articles of the Christian faith, such as the resurrection of Jesus Christ and specifically the pope. For the reason, Christians -and Catholic Christians in particular -often find themselves defending their beliefs in conversations with non-believers The Greek word for "defense" is APOLOGIA . Our English word "apology" is derived from it. In its classical definition, "apology" did not mean an admission of wrong, as the modern English word suggests. Rather, an apology was a defense or justification of a belief. for example, an account of Socrates defense of his teaching In the present context, "apologetics" refers to the reasonable defense of the Chr...