Faith did not come into it, really, although his messages had made an appeal to defend Christianity.
The peasan was kept happy by being assured that it was th magnate who defended Christianity.
Another Athenian who defended Christianity in writing at a somewhat later time was Aristeides.
Justin goes to great lengths in the First Apology to defend Christianity as a rational philosophy.
Christian theologians use biblical exegesis, rational analysis, and argument to clarify, examine, understand, explicate, critique, defend or promote Christianity.
In his philosophy, he was mainly concerned to defend Christianity against modern Positivism.
He was well aware that if he failed, no other Christian army remained to defend Western Christianity.
He is known for his writings defending Christianity.
"My goal was to use science to defend Christianity," Dr. West said.
Christian theologians use rational analysis and argument to understand, explain, test, critique, defend or promote Christianity.