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- An apologia (Latin for apology, from Greek: ἀπολογία, lit. 'speaking in defense') 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...
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The earliest known use of the noun apology is in the mid 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for apology is from 1533, in the writing of More. apology is a borrowing from Latin .
Apology comes to English from the Greek roots of apo - (“away from, off”) and logia (from logos, meaning “speech”). The word's earliest meaning in English was “something said or written in defense or justification of what appears to others to be wrong or of what may be liable to disapprobation.”
Sep 24, 2022 · The Greek word was used by Neo-Platonists in metaphysical and theological senses involving notions of both "reason" and "word" and subsequently picked up by New Testament writers.
627 apología (from 575 /apó, "from" and 3056 /lógos, "intelligent reasoning") – properly, a well-reasoned reply; a thought-out response to adequately address the issue (s) that is raised. 627 /apología ("reasoned defense") is the term for making a legal defense in an ancient court.
The Greek word apologia means literally “to speak to.” Over time, it came to mean “to make a defense.” When Athens accused Socrates of being harmful to society, Socrates had to offer his defense. He titled it Apologia. He stood before the “men of Athens,” offering his reasoned defense. The New Testament uses the word seventeen times.
The etymology of apologia (Greek: ἀπολογία) is derived from the root word apologos (ἀπόλογος), 'a speech in defense', [6] and the corresponding verb form apologeisthai (ἀπολογεῖσθαι), 'to speak in one's defense'. [3]
Nov 20, 2020 · The word apology derives from the Greek apo and logos to form apologia, and its original, and still accepted meaning, was that it was a formal, usually written defence, or rebuttal, of a position in the Greek legal system (Citation Columbia Encyclopedia, 2008; Citation Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology, 1986; Citation Oxford ...
