Christian apologists

Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)

Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church (1225–1274)

French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher (1623-1662)

British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)

English author and Christian apologist (1874–1936)

Jerome (; ; ; – 30 September 420), also known as Jerome of Stridon, was an early Christian priest, confessor, theologian, translator, and historian; he is commonly known as Saint Jerome.

Tertullian (; ; 155 – 220 AD) was a prolific early Christian author from Carthage in the Roman province of Africa. He was the first Christian author to produce an extensive corpus of Latin Christian literature and was an early Christian apologist and a polemicist against heresy, including Gnosticism.

French philosopher, writer, and social activist (1909–1943)

French writer, politician and historian (1768–1848)

11th‑century Benedictine monk, Archbishop of Canterbury, philosopher and theologian

Dutch jurist and scholar (1583-1645)

Origen of Alexandria (), also known as Origen Adamantius, was an early Christian scholar, ascetic, and theologian who was born and spent the first half of his career in Alexandria. He was a prolific writer who wrote roughly 2,000 treatises in multiple branches of theology, including textual criticism, biblical exegesis and hermeneutics, homiletics, and spirituality. He was one of the most influential and controversial figures in early Christian theology, apologetics, and asceticism. He has been described by John Anthony McGuckin as "the greatest genius the early church ever produced".

Christian monk, priest, hymnographer and apologist (675/6-749)

Irenaeus ( or ; ; ) was a Greek bishop noted for his role in guiding and expanding Christian communities in the southern regions of present-day France and, more widely, for the development of Christian theology by opposing Gnostic interpretations of Christian Scripture and defending orthodoxy. Originating from Smyrna, he had seen and heard the preaching of Polycarp, who in turn was said to have heard John the Evangelist.

Majorcan writer and philosopher (c.1232–1315/6)

English cleric and cardinal (1801–1890)

2nd century CE Christian apologist and martyr

Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius () was an early Christian author who became an advisor to Roman emperor Constantine I, guiding his Christian religious policy in its initial stages of emergence, and a tutor to his son Crispus. His most important work is the Institutiones Divinae ("The Divine Institutes"), an apologetic treatise intended to establish the reasonableness and truth of Christianity to pagan critics.

English crime writer, playwright, essayist and Christian writer (1893-1957)

Paulus Orosius (; born 375/385 – 420 AD), less often Paul Orosius in English, was a Roman priest, historian and theologian, and a student of Augustine of Hippo. It is possible that he was born in Bracara Augusta (now Braga, Portugal), then capital of the Roman province of Gallaecia, which would have been the capital of the Kingdom of the Suebi by his death. Although there are some questions regarding his biography, such as his exact date of birth, it is known that he was a person of some prestige from a cultural point of view, as he had contact with the greatest figures of his time such as Aug

Tatian of Adiabene, or Tatian the Syrian or Tatian the Assyrian, (; ; ; ; – ) was an Assyrian Christian writer and theologian of the 2nd century.

author from Japan (1923–1996)

French historian, literary critic, and philosopher of social science

Greek philosopher and Father of the Church (c.133–c.190)

Patriarch of Antioch from c.169 to c.183

French writer, poet and essayist (1846–1917)

Arnobius (died c. 330) was an early Christian apologist of Berber origin during the reign of Diocletian (284–305).

Latin-language writer

American Christian philosopher

British philosopher

English bishop and philosopher (1692–1752)

American Christian apologist and theologian

Christian apologist, natural theologian, utilitarian; (1743-1805)

4th century Latin writer and astrologer

late-Ming-dynasty Chinese politician, Scholar, Lay Catholic leader and Servant of God (*1562 – †1633)

Greek Christian author

Northern Irish mathematician and philosopher of science (b. 1943)

English priest and theologian (1888–1957)

Spanish philosopher (1810–1848)

British philosopher of religion

Christian apologist and saint

American pentecostal evangelist (1931–2011)

Canadian-American Christian apologist (1946–2020)

German Lutheran reformer

Northern Irish theologian, Anglican priest, and academic (born 1953)

American pastor (1950–2023)

American theologian and pastor (1939–2017)

British theologian (1921–2011)

American theologian and writer (1912-1984)

American theologian

theologian, philosopher, penman, university teacher (1937-)

Indian-American political commentator (born 1961)

British missionary (1915-2003)

American writer

Syriac Bishop of Edessa (c.640-708)

American young earth creationist and Christian apologist (1918–2006)

American intelligent design advocate

American writer

English courtier and diplomat (1603–1665)

English poet (1880–1958)