Defender of the Faith or Defenders of the Faith may refer to:
- Fidei defensor (Latin for 'Defender of the Faith'), a title of several European Christian monarchs
- Defender of the Faith, a title of the heads of the ruling Solomonic dynasty of the former Ethiopian Empire
- Defenders of the Faith, a 1984 Judas Priest album
- "Defender of the Faith" a short story by Philip Roth from the book Goodbye, Columbus.
- Defenders of the Faith (Puerto Rico), a Christian denomination
- Defenders of the Faith (Dungeons & Dragons), an optional rulebook for the 3rd edition of Dungeons & Dragons
Famous quotes containing the words defender of the, defender of and/or faith:
“He that rebels against reason is a real rebel, but he that in defence of reason rebels against tyranny has a better title to “Defender of the Faith,” than George the Third.”
—Thomas Paine (1737–1809)
“He that rebels against reason is a real rebel, but he that in defence of reason rebels against tyranny has a better title to “Defender of the Faith,” than George the Third.”
—Thomas Paine (1737–1809)
“The sun set; but set not his hope:
Stars rose; his faith was earlier up:
Fixed on the enormous galaxy,
Deeper and older seemed his eye:
And matched his sufferance sublime
The taciturnity of time.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)