# Apologetics Wiki MCP server

> Read KJV Bible text, cross-references, Greek and Hebrew word studies and sourced apologetics articles from a Trinitarian Christian…

- Listing: https://mcp.tc/i/apologetics-wiki
- Connect: use the server's own URL `https://apologetics.wiki/mcp` (no sign-in); clients connect to it directly. The listing link is a page, not an MCP endpoint.
- Type: remote (Streamable HTTP)
- Auth: none
- Category: [Docs & Knowledge](https://mcp.tc/c/docs-knowledge)
- Vendor: Apologetics Wiki
- Homepage: <https://apologetics.wiki/>

## About

Apologetics Wiki is a Trinitarian Christian reference site. Its tools search and fetch articles, King James Bible passages (including Apocrypha and non-canonical books), cross-references, Greek and Hebrew word studies, translation comparisons, canon status, and common arguments matched to published articles. It also looks up stored Qur'an and hadith quotes.

It runs as a hosted streamable HTTP endpoint at https://apologetics.wiki/mcp. Read tools need no sign-in or API key. Saving articles and verses, or submitting article suggestions to a review queue, needs sign-in with an emailed one-time code, which issues a scoped API key.

## What it can do

- Search and read published apologetics articles and sections
- Fetch King James Bible passages and compare translations
- Look up Greek and Hebrew word studies by Strong's number
- Get cross-references and Messianic prophecy connections
- Match an objection to common arguments and articles
- Save articles and verses after sign-in
- Suggest article changes or new articles for review

## Tools (38)

- `search_articles`: Search published articles by title, description, tags, and shelf. (read-only)
- `search`: ChatGPT-compatible search returning id, title, url, and text. (read-only)
- `fetch`: ChatGPT-compatible fetch of an article, hub, or Bible passage by id. (read-only)
- `get_article`: Get a published article by path, slug, or URL, summary or full body. (read-only)
- `list_articles`: List published articles, optionally on one shelf, with paging. (read-only)
- `list_shelves`: List religions, beliefs, denominations and Bible shelves with article counts. (read-only)
- `get_bible_passage`: King James text for a book, chapter or verse, including Apocrypha. (read-only)
- `get_word_study`: Greek or Hebrew word-page data by slug or Strong's number. (read-only)
- `list_common_arguments`: List recurring claims with one-line answers and article links. (read-only)
- `get_common_argument`: Get one common claim by id with answer and texts. (read-only)
- `site_summary`: Mission, shelves, citation guidance and links to site resources. (read-only)
- `get_submission_guidelines`: The plain-language qualities a published article meets, the editing note, how sources are credited, and the drafting prompt. (read-only)
- `check_existing_coverage`: Compare a proposed title, and an optional draft, with published articles. (read-only)
- `suggest_article_change`: Submit a change to a published page to the review queue (sign-in required).
- `propose_new_article`: Propose a new sourced article for review (sign-in required).
- `suggest_topic`: Suggest an article topic (sign-in required).
- `my_suggestions`: Show your suggestions and their review status (sign-in required). (read-only)
- `whoami`: Show account id, role and remaining suggestion quota (sign-in required). (read-only)
- `find_articles_for_claim`: Match an objection to common arguments and published articles. (read-only)
- `get_verse`: King James text for a reference, with optional Greek, Hebrew, parallels and cross refs. (read-only)
- `compare_translations`: Compare KJV, Young's Literal, JPS 1917 and original-language gloss. (read-only)
- `get_article_summary`: Title, description, key points and URL for one article. (read-only)
- `get_article_section`: One heading's section from a published article. (read-only)
- `related_articles`: Articles sharing a shelf or verse with a slug or reference. (read-only)
- `get_cross_references`: Curated links and OT/NT connections for a passage. (read-only)
- `get_canon_status`: Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox and Ethiopian canon status for a book. (read-only)
- `search_word_study`: Find Greek or Hebrew lemmas by gloss, transliteration, lemma or Strong's number. (read-only)
- `lookup_quote`: Look up a stored Qur'an or hadith quotation with source URL. (read-only)
- `get_connections_by_book`: OT and NT connections for one King James book. (read-only)
- `get_connection_graph`: Nodes and edges for the Bible connection map. (read-only)
- `get_messianic_prophecies`: Messianic connection rows filtered by theme. (read-only)
- `get_connection_stats`: Row counts, licenses and download URLs for connection files. (read-only)
- `get_citations`: Sources listed on one article, with absolute URLs. (read-only)
- `request_sign_in`: Get a sign-in link; the page emails a code. (read-only)
- `confirm_sign_in`: Exchange the emailed code for a scoped API key.
- `list_saved`: List the account's saved articles and verses (sign-in required). (read-only)
- `save_item`: Save an article or Bible verse path (sign-in required).
- `remove_saved`: Remove a saved article or verse (sign-in required). (can modify or delete data)

## Example prompts

- "Show John 1:1 in KJV with the Greek word study for logos."
- "Compare translations of Isaiah 9:6."
- "Find articles that answer the claim that the Trinity is not in the Bible."
- "List Old Testament connections fulfilled in Matthew."

## Install

### Claude Code

1. Run this in a terminal, in your project folder:

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http apologetics-wiki https://apologetics.wiki/mcp
```

2. Start Claude Code and type `/mcp`. **apologetics-wiki** should show as connected.

Add `--scope user` to make it available in every project, not just this one.

### Claude Desktop

1. Open **Customize → Connectors**, click **+ Add**, then **Add custom connector**.

2. Name it **Apologetics Wiki** and paste this URL:

```url
https://apologetics.wiki/mcp
```

3. Click **Add**. Its tools appear in the chat’s tools menu.

Claude Desktop’s JSON config file only starts local servers. Remote servers go through Connectors, and connectors you add on claude.ai show up here too.

### claude.ai

1. Open the connector form on claude.ai. This button fills in the name and URL for you:

[Add to claude.ai](<https://claude.ai/customize/connectors?modal=add-custom-connector&connectorName=Apologetics%20Wiki&connectorUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fapologetics.wiki%2Fmcp>) (opens connector settings)

2. Check that the URL reads `https://apologetics.wiki/mcp` and click **Add**.

3. Turn it on in a chat from the tools menu.

Free plans allow one custom connector. On Team and Enterprise plans an owner adds it under **Organization settings → Connectors**.

### ChatGPT

1. On chatgpt.com, go to **Plugins**, select **+**, then **Add custom MCP server**.

2. Enter a name for the server.

3. Under **Connection**, paste `https://apologetics.wiki/mcp` as the server URL, then for authentication choose **No authentication**.

4. Check **I understand and want to continue**, then select **Create as a plugin**.

Whether you can add a custom MCP server depends on your ChatGPT plan and your workspace permissions (in Business workspaces, admins and owners can).

### Cursor

[Add to Cursor](<https://cursor.com/install-mcp?name=apologetics-wiki&config=eyJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2Fwb2xvZ2V0aWNzLndpa2kvbWNwIn0%3D>) (opens Cursor)

Or add it by hand to `~/.cursor/mcp.json` (all projects) or `.cursor/mcp.json` (this project):

`mcp.json`:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apologetics-wiki": {
      "url": "https://apologetics.wiki/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

[Install in VS Code](<https://vscode.dev/redirect/mcp/install?name=apologetics-wiki&config=%7B%22type%22%3A%22http%22%2C%22url%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fapologetics.wiki%2Fmcp%22%7D>) (opens VS Code)

Or from a terminal:

```bash
code --add-mcp '{"name":"apologetics-wiki","type":"http","url":"https://apologetics.wiki/mcp"}'
```

Or commit it to the repo in `.vscode/mcp.json`:

`.vscode/mcp.json`:

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "apologetics-wiki": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://apologetics.wiki/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Devin Desktop

1. Add it to `~/.config/devin/mcp_config.json` (macOS and Linux) or `%APPDATA%\devin\mcp_config.json` (Windows):

`mcp_config.json`:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apologetics-wiki": {
      "serverUrl": "https://apologetics.wiki/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

2. Refresh the MCP server list in Cascade.

Devin Desktop is the new name for Windsurf. It reads `serverUrl` (or `url`) for remote servers.

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add apologetics-wiki --url https://apologetics.wiki/mcp
```

Or edit `~/.codex/config.toml` directly:

`config.toml`:

```toml
[mcp_servers.apologetics-wiki]
url = "https://apologetics.wiki/mcp"
```

### Gemini CLI

```bash
gemini mcp add --transport http apologetics-wiki https://apologetics.wiki/mcp
```

This adds it to the current project. Add `-s user` to use it everywhere.

### Any client

Most clients accept this shape. Some name the URL field differently: `serverUrl` in Devin Desktop, `httpUrl` in Gemini CLI’s settings file.

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apologetics-wiki": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://apologetics.wiki/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

Zed puts servers under `context_servers` in its settings. Cline needs `"type": "streamableHttp"`, or it assumes SSE.

Client only starts local servers? Bridge it with `npx -y mcp-remote https://apologetics.wiki/mcp`.

## Recent changes

- 2026-11-06 17:53 UTC: Server instructions changed. Source: automatic check. Worth a look: new server instructions.
- 2026-10-23 04:36 UTC: 2 tools added and 3 tools changed. Server instructions changed. Source: automatic check. Worth a look: new server instructions. Added: check\_existing\_coverage, get\_submission\_guidelines. Changed: propose\_new\_article, suggest\_article\_change, suggest\_topic.
- 2026-10-22 19:39 UTC: Server instructions changed. Source: automatic check. Worth a look: new server instructions.
- 2026-10-22 04:39 UTC: Server instructions changed. Source: automatic check. Worth a look: new server instructions.
- 2026-10-20 19:40 UTC: 36 tools changed. Server instructions changed. Source: automatic check. Worth a look: new server instructions. Changed: compare\_translations, confirm\_sign\_in, fetch, find\_articles\_for\_claim, get\_article, get\_article\_section, get\_article\_summary, get\_bible\_passage, get\_canon\_status, get\_citations, get\_common\_argument, get\_connection\_graph, get\_connection\_stats, get\_connections\_by\_book, get\_cross\_references, get\_messianic\_prophecies, get\_verse, get\_word\_study, list\_articles, list\_common\_arguments and 16 more.

More on the History tab, with descriptions before and after for the newest entries: https://mcp.tc/i/apologetics-wiki#history (Atom feed: https://mcp.tc/i/apologetics-wiki/history.xml). It records what mcp.tc's anonymous checks saw, every 3 hours where the tool list can be read without sign-in; it is not a security review.

## Details

- Server version: 1.0.0
- MCP protocol version: 2025-11-25
- Last checked: 2026-11-15 (reachable)
- Listed: 2026-10-20
- Updated: 2026-10-23

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