APOLOGETICS OF ATHENAGORAS OF ATHENS
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Wed, 09/04/2024 - 23:51The article contains an analysis of the apologetics of Athenagoras of Athens, the author of the apology «Legatio Pro Christianis» and the treatise «On the Resurrection of the Body». It examines the form of texts, the audience and the functions of apologetics, the dogmatic views of Athenagoras. A conclusion is made that the apology was directed both at the pagan intellectual elite for which the presentation of the Christian doctrine is made, and at the Christians themselves.