Editing Apologetics (section)

==Etymology==
The term ''apologetics'' derives from the [[Ancient Greek]] word {{Transliteration|grc|apologia}} ({{Lang|grc|ἀπολογία}}).<ref name=":0" /> In the Classical Greek legal system, the prosecution delivered the {{Transliteration|grc|kategoria}} ({{Lang|grc|κατηγορία}}), the accusation or charge, and the defendant replied with an ''{{Transliteration|grc|apologia}}'', the [[Defence (legal)|defence]].<ref>Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dkathgori%2Fa κατηγορία] and [http://www.perses.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Da)pologi%2Fa ἀπολογία]{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The {{Transliteration|grc|apologia}} was a formal speech or explanation to reply to and rebut the charges. A famous example is [[Socrates]]' [[Apology (Plato)|Apologia]] defense, as chronicled in [[Apology (Plato)|Plato's ''Apology'']].

In the [[Koine Greek]] of the [[New Testament]], the [[Apostle Paul]] employs the term ''apologia'' in his trial speech to [[Porcius Festus|Festus]] and [[Agrippa I|Agrippa]] when he says "I make my defense" in [[Acts 26]]:2.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/act/26/2/s_1044002|title=Acts 26:2|date=19 September 2016|website=Blue Letter Bible}}</ref> A [[cognate]] form appears in Paul's [[Letter to the Philippians]] as he is "defending the gospel" in Philippians 1:7,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/phl/1/7/s_1104007|title=Phl 1:7|date=19 September 2016|website=Blue Letter Bible}}</ref> and in "giving an answer" in 1 Peter 3:15.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/1pe/3/15/s_1154015|title=1Pe 3:15|date=19 September 2016|website=Blue Letter Bible}}</ref>

Although the term ''apologetics'' has Western, primarily Christian origins and is most frequently associated with the defense of Christianity, the term is sometimes used referring to the defense of any religion in formal debate involving religion.