Of course, the Christians did their best to defend themselves, but they did it with ideas rather than force. A group known today as the Apologists (from the Greek word apologia, meaning “a defense”) did their best to refute attacks on Christianity. They corrected misunderstandings about the faith, such as the idea that they were cannibals because of the Eucharistic language of eating Jesus’ body and drinking his blood, or the accusation that they engaged in orgies. They also went on the offensive against the immorality of the pagan world and pagan gods, presented arguments for the truth of
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