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)
“It has come to this, that the friends of liberty, the friends of the slave, have shuddered when they have understood that his fate was left to the legal tribunals of the country to be decided. Free men have no faith that justice will be awarded in such a case.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)