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If apologetics is a branch of theology, then Wollebius is on point --
Theology consist of both contemplation and action. It is both wisdom and prudence; wisdom in that it apprehends principles through divinely illumined intelligence and reaches conclusions from them through knowledge; and prudence, in that it guides the human soul in its actions.*
All too often IMHO Christians think that apologetics rests solely as a theoretical discipline and should just stay there. From time to time we see that apologia, if we follow the direction of Aristotle's categories of intellectual virtues, journeys from "theoria" to "phronesis" (practical wisdom) as is the case in 1 Peter 3:15.
If I were to write a manifesto on apologetics for the Philippine evangelicalism I will emphasise that with apologetics you weave a life that insists on a human trait that is not only necessary for right thinking but for right action.
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* Johannes Wollebius, Compendium Theologiae Christianae_, Reformed Dogmatics, 8
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