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護教論 (gokyouron) Japanese meaning: apologetics | Kotomora

護ご教きょう論ろん

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Meanings

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Christianity›

Christian theological term for the defense of Christian doctrine against objections.

彼かれは大だい学がくで護ご教きょう論ろんを専せん攻こうしている

Kanji

護safeguard, protect
教teach, faith, doctrine
論argument, discourse

Etymology

Compound of 護 (defend), 教 (teaching/religion), and 論 (argument/theory), likely a Meiji-era calque from Western theological terminology.

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He is majoring in apologetics at university.