De veritate religionis Christianae

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Christian apologetics text apologetic treatise theological work

De veritate religionis Christianae is a 17th-century apologetic treatise that presents a rational defense of Christianity, written by the Dutch jurist and theologian Hugo Grotius.

Aliases (1)

On the Truth of the Christian Religion ×1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian apologetics text → apologetic treatise → theological work →
audience	educated lay readers → non-Christian readers →
author	Hugo Grotius →
authorName	Hugo Grotius →
authorNationality	Dutch →
centuryOfComposition	17th century →
countryOfOrigin	Dutch Republic →
era	post-Reformation theology →
genre	Christian apologetics → theology →
hasPart	arguments for the existence of God → arguments for the truth of Christian revelation → comparisons with other religions →
historicalPeriod	Early Modern period →
influencedField	Christian apologetics → natural theology →
intendedFunction	defense of Christian faith → rational justification of Christianity →
mainTheme	evidence for Christian revelation → natural theology → rational defense of Christianity → truth of the Christian religion →
method	rational argumentation → use of natural reason →
notableFor	systematic rational defense of Christianity in the early modern era →
originalLanguage	Latin →
philosophicalApproach	rationalist →
placeAssociatedWithAuthor	Netherlands →
publicationCentury	17th century →
religiousPerspective	Christian →
subject	Christianity → apologetics → philosophy of religion → religion →
theologicalTradition	Protestantism → Reformed theology →
title	De veritate religionis Christianae →
translatedTitle	On the Truth of the Christian Religion →
workOf	Hugo Grotius →
writtenByOccupation	jurist → theologian →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Hugo Grotius → Hugo de Groot →	notableWork
De veritate religionis Christianae →	title
De veritate religionis Christianae ("On the Truth of the Christian Religion") →	translatedTitle