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<p>to stop the <a href="page.php?w=Persecution_of_Christians_in_the_Roman_Empire">persecution</a> and <a href="page.php?w=martyrdom">martyrdom</a> of early Christians.</p>

<p><big> Evolution of usage </big></p>
<p>The earliest English use of apologia followed from the Greek sense "a speech in defense". Writing in the <a href="page.php?w=Renaissance">Renaissance</a> period, <a href="page.php?w=Thomas_More">Thomas More</a> wrote his Apologye of Syr Thomas More, Knyght, made by him Anno 1533 after he had geuen over the office of Lord Chancellour of Englande.</p><p>
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