apologia（n.）
"辩护，辩解"，1784年，拉丁语形式的 apology（参见 apology）； 由 J.H.纽曼的 "Apologia pro Vita Sua"（1864）推广。它保留了英语 apology 的旧义和希腊原文的意义，特别是教父们使用的意义。
In common Greek, apologia refers to the speech that an accused person delivered in court, rejecting the charges filed against him or her. The apologists of the second century chose this term because they wanted to show that the charges filed against Christians were unjustified and that the truths of their faith could be described and defended. An apologia was dedicated to the Roman empoeror, who certainly never read it. [Max L. Stackhouse, "Apologia," 1988]
在通俗的希腊语中， apologia 指的是被告在法庭上发表的演讲，拒绝对他或她提出的指控。第二世纪的辩护者选择了这个术语，因为他们想表明针对基督徒提出的指控是不合理的，他们信仰的真理可以被描述和辩护。一份 apologia 是献给罗马皇帝的，但他肯定没有读过它。[Max L. Stackhouse，"Apologia"，1988]
该词起源时间：1784年