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Apollos

a Jew of Alexandria, who learned the doctrines of Christianity at Ephesus from Aquila and Priscilla, became a preacher of the gospel in Achaia and Corinth, and an assistant of Paul in his missionary work. Some have regarded him as the author of the Epistle to the Jews. garded him as the author of the Epistle to the Jews. theology which treats of the establish- APOLOGETICS, the department of ment the evidences and defense of the doctrines of a faith. Christian apoloment of the evidences and defense of the doctrines of a faith. Christian apolo- getics, generally called simply apologetics, treats of the evidences of Christianity, and seeks to establish the truth of the Bible and the doctrines educed from it.

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