The volume deals with the writings and the theology of the great Greek apologists of the third and fourth centuries. Its aim is to identify the differences and similarities between them. It can be asserted that there is a Christian-apologetic line of tradition from Origen to Eusebius, and further to Athanasius, and that this has a particular theological and literary profile. Der Band zielt darauf ab, die Texte und die Theologie der grossen griechischsprachigen Apologeten des dritten und vierten Jahrhunderts in ihrer Unterschiedenheit und in ihren Gemeinsamkeiten wahrzunehmen. Die Aufsatze...
The volume deals with the writings and the theology of the great Greek apologists of the third and fourth centuries. Its aim is to identify the differ...
In Defence of Christianity examines the early Christian apologists in their context in thirteen articles divided in four parts. Part I provides an introduction to apology and apologetics in antiquity, an overview of the early Christian apologists, and an outline of their argumentation. The nine articles of Part II each cover one of the early apologists: Aristides, Justin, Tatian, Athenagoras, Theophilus, the author of the Letter to Diognetus, Clement of Alexandria, Tertullian and Minucius Felix. Part III contextualises the apologists by providing an English translation of...
In Defence of Christianity examines the early Christian apologists in their context in thirteen articles divided in four parts. Part I provides...
