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In Orthodox theology, term [[Apologetics]] is used in regards to defending the true faith against atheists, pagans, Jews and others. This defense, however, is done in a manner that is loving and in order to ''bear good fruits'' and should not be polemical or obsessive in manner, which in many cases is considered detrimental to the Apostolic Faith.
The earliest apologists were the Church Fathers. There Their apologies cover a wide range of topics including the Divine origin of the Church, Christ's Nature, Scripture, the Theotokos, miracles, Christian social interaction and the function of doctrine.
Orthodox Apologetics, however, has always tried to give an intellectual synthesis of both general and particular apologetic problems, using as a cornerstone the positive method of building the organically whole Christian worldview. The literature of Apologetics is unusually vast, diverse and almost boundless. But, from a strictly Orthodox point of view, a fully complete, whole and deeply absorbing textbook of Apologetics has not yet been prepared.
=== General topics ===
* Classical apologetics, iei. Proof in e., proof of the existence of God (include Apologists like including apologists such as [[Augustine of Hippo]] and [[Thomas Aquinas]])
* the existence of the Holy Trinity.
* the relationship between the two natures of Christ / the Divine Nature of Christ / Monophysite.
'''Orthodox Apologetics:'''
* [http://www.monachosorthodox.net/forum/showthread.php?p=57948 '''Monachos''' Orthodox apologetics thread]* [http://my.orthodoxcircle.com/groups/orthodox%20apologetics '''OrthodoXCircle''' apologetics site, started in 2006] '''Interactive Apologetic'''* [http:/fathers/www.nicenetruth.com/home/2008/01/debate-with-refexactidx.html Jay Dyer debates reformed baptist Josh Brisby on An Exact Exposition of the '''Nicene Truth'''Orthodox Faith by St John Damascene], debatte commenced January 2008.
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