” “The word "apologists" explained the Pope – "means those ancient Christian writers who set out to defend the new religion from the heavy accusations of the pagans and Jews and to spread the Christian doctrine in words suited to the culture of the time". The apologists, recalled Benedict XVI, "express a double care: the apologetic care of defending the rising Christianity (apologia is the Greek for "defence") and the proactive, missionary care of expressing the contents of faith in a language and through categories of thought that could be understood by the recipients".” ” ” “
