apologia
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thumb|Bust of John Henry Newman, by T. Westmacott, 1841. Newman wrote an apologia to defend his decision to leave the Anglican church.
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- Greek philosophy
- Roman empire
- Evolution of usage
- ''Apologia Pro Vita Sua''
- ''Apologia Pro Marcel Lefebvre''
- Modern analysis
- Etymology
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thumb|Bust of John Henry Newman, by T. Westmacott, 1841. Newman wrote an apologia to defend his decision to leave the Anglican church.
An apologia (Latin for apology, from , ) is a formal defense of an opinion, position or action. The term's current use, often in the context of religion, theology and philosophy, derives from Justin Martyr's First Apology (AD 155–157) and was later employed by John Henry Newman's Apologia Pro Vita Sua (English: ''A Defense of One's Own Life) of 1864, which presented a formal defense of the history of his Christian life, leading to his acceptance by the Catholic Church in 1845.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “apologia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.