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'Christ' is the English term for the Greek word (''Christós''), which literally means "''The Anointed One.''" The Hebrew word for Christ is מָשִׁיחַ ('','' usually transliterated ''Messiah'').
The word is often misunderstood to be the surname of Jesus due to the numerous mentions of ''Jesus Christ'' in the Christian Bible. Often used as a more formal-sounding synonym for Jesus, the word is in fact a title, hence its common reciprocal use ''Christ Jesus,'' meaning ''The Anointed One, Jesus.'' Followers of Jesus became known as Christians because they believed that Jesus was the Christ, or Messiah, prophesied about in the Tanakh (which Christians term the Old Testament). The majority of Jews reject this claim and are still waiting for the Messiah to come (see Jewish Messiah). Most Christians now wait for the Second Coming of Christ when they believe he will fulfill the rest of the Messianic prophecy.
For further information on the anointing understood in the term Christ, see Messiah and Jewish Messiah.
The area of Christian theology focusing on the identity, life, teachings and works of Jesus, is known as Christology.
The spelling ''Christ'' in English dates from the 17th century, when, in the spirit of the Enlightenment, spellings of certain words were changed to fit their Greek or Latin origins. Prior to this, in Old and Middle English, the word was spelled ''Crist,'' the ''i'' being pronounced either as [i] (see IPA pronunciation), preserved in the names of churches such as St Katherine Cree, or as a short i, preserved in the modern pronunciation of Christmas.
The term appears in English and most European languages owing to the Greek usage of ''Christos'' in the New Testament as a description for Jesus. In the Septuagint version of the Old Testament, it was used to translate into Greek the Hebrew ''Mashiach'' (Messiah), meaning "[one who is] anointed." While many Christian writers claim that this term implied a match to the Jewish predicted saviour, some argue that there is no "saviour" concept in the Jewish tradition. Christ more closely means someone appointed by God for a task, such as a 'high priest,' 'leader,' or even 'ruler.'
The Greek term is cognate with Chrism, meaning ''perfumed oil''; in fact ''Christos'' in classical Greek usage could mean ''covered in oil,'' and is thus a literal and accurate translation of Messiah (just as Saul the King was anointed with oil when he was proclaimed king). The Greek term is thought to derive from the Proto-Indo-European root of ''ghey-,'' which in Germanic languages, such as English, mutated into ''gris-'' and ''grim-.'' Hence the English words ''grisly,'' ''grim,'' ''grime,'' ''gizm'' and ''grease,'' are thought to be cognate with ''Christ,'' though these terms came to have a negative connotation, where the Greek word had a positive connotation. In French, the Greek term, in ordinary usage, mutated first to ''cresme'' and then to ''creme,'' due to the loss of certain 's' usages in French, which was loaned into English as ''cream.'' The word was used by extension in Hellenic and Jewish contexts to refer to the office, role or status of the person, not to their actually being an oily person, as a strict reading of the etymology might imply.
In the New Testament it says that a saviour, long awaited, had come and shall return, and it describes this saviour as ''the Christ'' (Greek , ''tou Christou,'' , ''ho Christos'').
Christians believe Jesus was the Christ, the "Son of the Living God." That is, they believe Jesus was "the anointed one" as predicted in the Hebrew Scriptures but that he was not another man's son, but God's son. (For more, see Virgin Birth.)
While the term "Christ" is often used synonymously with "Jesus" it should be understood the use is within Christian understanding. (See above for a decontextualized understanding of Christ.) For example, some refer to "Jesus" when emphasizing an event in the New Testament (his human nature), while they refer to "Christ" in discussing his divine nature.
In most Christian thinking, Jesus is the incarnation of the Logos — the divine Word of God — as described in the first chapter of the Gospel of John ().
Many Christians believe that there is no ontological distinction between God and Jesus (holding that Jesus is the second person of the Holy Trinity), and that Jesus did not lose his divinity in the incarnation, but rather took on humanity.
The gnostics generally believed not in a Jesus who was a Divine Person with a human nature, but in a spiritual Christ who dwelt in Jesus. Through the spiritual path of gnosticism, followers of these schools believed that they could experience the same knowledge, or ''gnosis''. Their theology was or is dualistic and premised upon demigods, salvation for the elect, and the actions of an unknowable, formless God who takes human form. This was considered heresy by the Early Church as per the first Ecumenical Council, which occurred at Nicaea in 325 A.D., although condemnation of the belief existed well before.
For the Rosicrucians there is a distinction to be made between Jesus and the Christ.[1] Jesus is considered a high Initiate of the human life wave (which evolves under the cycle of rebirth) and of a singularly pure type of mind, vastly superior to the great majority of the present humanity. He was educated during his youth among the Essenes and thus prepared himself for the greatest honor ever bestowed upon a human being: to deliver his pure, passionless, highly evolved physical body and vital body (already attuned to the high vibrations of the 'life spirit'), in the moment of the Baptism, to the Christ being for His ministry in the physical world. Christ is described as the highest Spiritual Being of the life wave called Archangels and has completed His union ("the Son") with the second aspect of God.
:''See also the Second Coming (of the Christ) according to the Esoteric Christian tradition.''
In the theology of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, the religion's founder, wrote in her book, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures that ''The invisible Christ was imperceptible to the so-called personal senses, whereas Jesus appeared as a bodily existence. This dual personality of the unseen and the seen, the spiritual and material, the eternal Christ and the corporeal Jesus manifest in flesh, continued until the Master's ascension, when the human, material concept, or Jesus, disappeared, while the spiritual self, or Christ, continues to exist in the eternal order of divine Science, taking away the sins of the world, as the Christ has always done, even before the human Jesus was incarnate to mortal eyes. (Science and Health 334)'' Eddy distinguished between Jesus of Nazareth, born of a virgin, from Jesus' office, divine nature or spiritual selfhood. This eternal Christ is also referred to as the Logos, Word of God, and Light of God (John's Gospel). Eddy also wrote that while Jesus, was not himself, as a material man, the exact ontological or quantitative equivalent to God, he thoroughly embodied the spiritual sonship of God's nature. In Christian Science, Jesus' unique role in history, as the son of God is unparalleled; however, the Christ, or divine manifestation of God continues forever to enlighten humanity and to destroy sickness, sin, and death. This is corraborated by Christ's own answer to the rich young man who called him "good master" account in the Book of Matthew. In answer, Jesus says, "Why do you call me good, there is none good but one, which is God," Gospel of Matthew ()[2] This teaching, while considered by some traditional trinitarians to be a bland denial of the majority view or doctrine of the divinity of Christ, upon closer analysis, is seen, by Christian Scientists, simply as an explanation of "how" Christ became incarnate and Jesus' unique role as the son of God in helping humanity understand divinity.
Thus in Christian Science the Christ is God's divine message to human consciousness that brings healing to humanity. Jesus fully embodied the divine nature of the Christ representing this nature to us.
In Christian Science literature, there is little in the way of one complete document on Christology, but the nature of the Christ is discussed in many books written by Mary Baker Eddy. For Christian Scientists, Jesus so closely identified himself with his divine Nature that he could say, "He who sees me sees the Father," "I and my Father are one" and all the Jesus' other christological pronouncements. Jesus also referred to his Christ identity, nature or spiritual individuality as having never left Heaven for earth when he referred to himself in John 3:13 saying, "And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven," as opposed to "the Son of man who ''was'' in heaven." Thus, Jesus is more correctly referred to as ''Jesus the Christ'' or ''Christ Jesus'' than simply as Jesus.
Main articles: Islamic view of Jesus
Muslims recognize Jesus Christ (Isa) as the messiah and prophet of God. In Islam he is considered a Muslim and his second coming is expected to occur among Muslims.
Muslims believe in his miraculous conception and birth, but not as the son of God. Jesus would also lead Muslims in the final victory over those that disbelieved him or misidentified him as the son of God, what is considered as the highest sin in Islam, and against the antichrist [see Book of hadith by Imam Bukhari]. Muslims also believe that Jesus was neither crucified nor dead but was raised to Heaven by God while still living.
"Christ" has taken on such power and significance as a theological, religious and devotional term that it has been appropriated and expanded by various theologians and religious writers so as to take it beyond the Christian context, in which "Christ" refers strictly to Jesus as the Messiah of prophecy.
One belief is the idea or concept that "Jesus ''became'' Christ," i.e., his "flesh was transformed to spirits." By taking a spiritual and good path through life, Jesus was reunited with his true holy nature, (redeemed) and preserved forever in God. In this view, this psychic force is often called "the Christ," or sometimes "Christ consciousness," drawing a separation between God (whose nature is incomprehensible in Christian theology) and the Holy Spirit, which can be experienced through Jesus and is therefore compatible with our humanity. Matthew Fox sometimes speaks of "the Cosmic Christ."
In Eastern religious traditions, "God" is often described by both, personifications
(deities) which are manifestations of particular aspects of God's power, and incarnations (avatars) of God in mortal form as in case of Krishna who is considered as "The Father" in Hinduism. In these religions, "the Christ" is akin to these personifications. A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada who coined the phrase 'Krishna Consciousness,' held Jesus' teachings as non-different from the Hindu, Vedic scriptures, and others such as Paramahansa Yogananda often wrote about a "Christ Consciousness" interchangeably with "Krishna Consciousness."
Modern Christian non-denominational organizations such as the True Worshipper Ecclesiastical Association (TWEA) use the respective connotations of the names "Jesus" and "Christ" in a more expansive and complementary way. For example, the doctrinal treatise, entitled The Landscape of Truth describes Jesus as the eternal saviour of that which is pure in human kind, while the Landscape describes the Old Testament priestly designation "anointed one," i.e., "Christ," as being the only one who can stand in the eternal Most Holy Place of the Jewish Temple, which represents the eternal fulfilled soul of God and his purified worshippers in the savior, the Christ.
The use of "X," derived from Chi, the Greek alphabet initial, as an abbreviation for Christ (most commonly in the abbreviation "Xmas") is often misinterpreted as a modern secularization of the term. Thus understood, the centuries-old English word Xmas, is actually a shortened form of CHmas, which is, itself, a shortened form for Christmas. In fact, the use of "X" to represent the full word goes back to the earliest days of Greek Christianity.
According to Tom Harpur, a former professor of Theology at the University of Toronto who denies the historicity of Jesus, the Christian usage of the term ''Christ'' derives from Egypt. Harpur has argued that the application of the term ''Christ'' to Jesus derives from the Egyptian use of the term ''Karast'' (''covered in cooking oil'') to describe Horus, who Harpur also alleges that much of the descriptions of Jesus are copied from. ''Karast'' is a false cognate to ''Christ,'' and Harpur has alleged that this co-incidence was the reason that Christians chose this appellation of Horus rather than any other, since in Jewish circles, ''Christ'' readily brings to mind the Jewish belief in a Messiah.
'Chrestus' is a similar Greek name, which Suetonius confused for 'Christos.'
The interjection "Christ!" is often used as a sign of surprise or anger, without a direct religious reference — that is, as an exclamation. Many Christians find this usage blasphemous, as they feel it violates the Mosaic Commandment against taking the Lord's name in vain, as well as the instructions of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount according to the Gospels, to "never swear." However, for those who believe in Christ, it might also be regarded as a kind of prayer (specifically, a pious ejaculation) recognized by Eastern Orthodox tradition as legitimate. Common euphemisms that have arisen for this usage include "For crying out loud!" (US) and "Crikey" (UK, Aus.), used as an alternative by people reluctant to swear using the actual name.
1. Max Heindel, ''The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception'' (Part III, Chapter XV: Christ and His Mission), November 1909, ISBN 0–911274–34–0
2. King James Bible, ''Matthew 19:17, Bible (King James Version)''
★ McDowell, Joshua and Don Stewart, ''Handbook of Today's Religions,'' Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1983.
★ Ott, Ludwig, ''Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma,'' 1957.
★ Harpur, Tom, "The Pagan Christ: Recovering the Lost Light." Toronto: Thomas Allen Publishers, 2004.
★ ''Jewish prophecies about Christ,'' About-Jesus.org
★ Paul A. Hughes, ''The Gnostic Christ: Gnosticism vs. Christianity''
★ Norman D. Livergood, ''The Christ concept in Esoteric Christianity''
★ ''The Etymological Derivation of the Name "Christ",'' NZs Hare Krishna Spiritual Network
★ ''Linkages Between Two God-Men Saviors: Christ and Krishna,'' religioustolerance.org
★ ''Specific Similarities Between the Lives of Jesus and Krishna,'' religioustolerance.org
★ ''Orthodox Outlet for Dogmatic Enquiries
★ Latin harmony of the Four Gospels: «Live» of Jesus (1)
★ Latin harmony of the Four Gospels: «Live» of Jesus (2)
★ Latter-day Saint statement on the divinity of Jesus Christ
★ Thomas A Kempis ''The imitation of Christ''
Icon of Christ in a Greek Orthodox church
'Christ' is the English term for the Greek word (''Christós''), which literally means "''The Anointed One.''" The Hebrew word for Christ is מָשִׁיחַ ('','' usually transliterated ''Messiah'').
The word is often misunderstood to be the surname of Jesus due to the numerous mentions of ''Jesus Christ'' in the Christian Bible. Often used as a more formal-sounding synonym for Jesus, the word is in fact a title, hence its common reciprocal use ''Christ Jesus,'' meaning ''The Anointed One, Jesus.'' Followers of Jesus became known as Christians because they believed that Jesus was the Christ, or Messiah, prophesied about in the Tanakh (which Christians term the Old Testament). The majority of Jews reject this claim and are still waiting for the Messiah to come (see Jewish Messiah). Most Christians now wait for the Second Coming of Christ when they believe he will fulfill the rest of the Messianic prophecy.
For further information on the anointing understood in the term Christ, see Messiah and Jewish Messiah.
The area of Christian theology focusing on the identity, life, teachings and works of Jesus, is known as Christology.
Etymology
The spelling ''Christ'' in English dates from the 17th century, when, in the spirit of the Enlightenment, spellings of certain words were changed to fit their Greek or Latin origins. Prior to this, in Old and Middle English, the word was spelled ''Crist,'' the ''i'' being pronounced either as [i] (see IPA pronunciation), preserved in the names of churches such as St Katherine Cree, or as a short i, preserved in the modern pronunciation of Christmas.
The term appears in English and most European languages owing to the Greek usage of ''Christos'' in the New Testament as a description for Jesus. In the Septuagint version of the Old Testament, it was used to translate into Greek the Hebrew ''Mashiach'' (Messiah), meaning "[one who is] anointed." While many Christian writers claim that this term implied a match to the Jewish predicted saviour, some argue that there is no "saviour" concept in the Jewish tradition. Christ more closely means someone appointed by God for a task, such as a 'high priest,' 'leader,' or even 'ruler.'
The Greek term is cognate with Chrism, meaning ''perfumed oil''; in fact ''Christos'' in classical Greek usage could mean ''covered in oil,'' and is thus a literal and accurate translation of Messiah (just as Saul the King was anointed with oil when he was proclaimed king). The Greek term is thought to derive from the Proto-Indo-European root of ''ghey-,'' which in Germanic languages, such as English, mutated into ''gris-'' and ''grim-.'' Hence the English words ''grisly,'' ''grim,'' ''grime,'' ''gizm'' and ''grease,'' are thought to be cognate with ''Christ,'' though these terms came to have a negative connotation, where the Greek word had a positive connotation. In French, the Greek term, in ordinary usage, mutated first to ''cresme'' and then to ''creme,'' due to the loss of certain 's' usages in French, which was loaned into English as ''cream.'' The word was used by extension in Hellenic and Jewish contexts to refer to the office, role or status of the person, not to their actually being an oily person, as a strict reading of the etymology might imply.
In the New Testament
In the New Testament it says that a saviour, long awaited, had come and shall return, and it describes this saviour as ''the Christ'' (Greek , ''tou Christou,'' , ''ho Christos'').
Distinctions between "Jesus," "Christ," and "God"
Christians believe Jesus was the Christ, the "Son of the Living God." That is, they believe Jesus was "the anointed one" as predicted in the Hebrew Scriptures but that he was not another man's son, but God's son. (For more, see Virgin Birth.)
While the term "Christ" is often used synonymously with "Jesus" it should be understood the use is within Christian understanding. (See above for a decontextualized understanding of Christ.) For example, some refer to "Jesus" when emphasizing an event in the New Testament (his human nature), while they refer to "Christ" in discussing his divine nature.
Christian mainstream view
In most Christian thinking, Jesus is the incarnation of the Logos — the divine Word of God — as described in the first chapter of the Gospel of John ().
Many Christians believe that there is no ontological distinction between God and Jesus (holding that Jesus is the second person of the Holy Trinity), and that Jesus did not lose his divinity in the incarnation, but rather took on humanity.
Gnostic Christ
The gnostics generally believed not in a Jesus who was a Divine Person with a human nature, but in a spiritual Christ who dwelt in Jesus. Through the spiritual path of gnosticism, followers of these schools believed that they could experience the same knowledge, or ''gnosis''. Their theology was or is dualistic and premised upon demigods, salvation for the elect, and the actions of an unknowable, formless God who takes human form. This was considered heresy by the Early Church as per the first Ecumenical Council, which occurred at Nicaea in 325 A.D., although condemnation of the belief existed well before.
Esoteric Christian tradition
For the Rosicrucians there is a distinction to be made between Jesus and the Christ.[1] Jesus is considered a high Initiate of the human life wave (which evolves under the cycle of rebirth) and of a singularly pure type of mind, vastly superior to the great majority of the present humanity. He was educated during his youth among the Essenes and thus prepared himself for the greatest honor ever bestowed upon a human being: to deliver his pure, passionless, highly evolved physical body and vital body (already attuned to the high vibrations of the 'life spirit'), in the moment of the Baptism, to the Christ being for His ministry in the physical world. Christ is described as the highest Spiritual Being of the life wave called Archangels and has completed His union ("the Son") with the second aspect of God.
:''See also the Second Coming (of the Christ) according to the Esoteric Christian tradition.''
Christian Science
In the theology of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, the religion's founder, wrote in her book, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures that ''The invisible Christ was imperceptible to the so-called personal senses, whereas Jesus appeared as a bodily existence. This dual personality of the unseen and the seen, the spiritual and material, the eternal Christ and the corporeal Jesus manifest in flesh, continued until the Master's ascension, when the human, material concept, or Jesus, disappeared, while the spiritual self, or Christ, continues to exist in the eternal order of divine Science, taking away the sins of the world, as the Christ has always done, even before the human Jesus was incarnate to mortal eyes. (Science and Health 334)'' Eddy distinguished between Jesus of Nazareth, born of a virgin, from Jesus' office, divine nature or spiritual selfhood. This eternal Christ is also referred to as the Logos, Word of God, and Light of God (John's Gospel). Eddy also wrote that while Jesus, was not himself, as a material man, the exact ontological or quantitative equivalent to God, he thoroughly embodied the spiritual sonship of God's nature. In Christian Science, Jesus' unique role in history, as the son of God is unparalleled; however, the Christ, or divine manifestation of God continues forever to enlighten humanity and to destroy sickness, sin, and death. This is corraborated by Christ's own answer to the rich young man who called him "good master" account in the Book of Matthew. In answer, Jesus says, "Why do you call me good, there is none good but one, which is God," Gospel of Matthew ()[2] This teaching, while considered by some traditional trinitarians to be a bland denial of the majority view or doctrine of the divinity of Christ, upon closer analysis, is seen, by Christian Scientists, simply as an explanation of "how" Christ became incarnate and Jesus' unique role as the son of God in helping humanity understand divinity.
Thus in Christian Science the Christ is God's divine message to human consciousness that brings healing to humanity. Jesus fully embodied the divine nature of the Christ representing this nature to us.
In Christian Science literature, there is little in the way of one complete document on Christology, but the nature of the Christ is discussed in many books written by Mary Baker Eddy. For Christian Scientists, Jesus so closely identified himself with his divine Nature that he could say, "He who sees me sees the Father," "I and my Father are one" and all the Jesus' other christological pronouncements. Jesus also referred to his Christ identity, nature or spiritual individuality as having never left Heaven for earth when he referred to himself in John 3:13 saying, "And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven," as opposed to "the Son of man who ''was'' in heaven." Thus, Jesus is more correctly referred to as ''Jesus the Christ'' or ''Christ Jesus'' than simply as Jesus.
Islamic view
Main articles: Islamic view of Jesus
Muslims recognize Jesus Christ (Isa) as the messiah and prophet of God. In Islam he is considered a Muslim and his second coming is expected to occur among Muslims.
Muslims believe in his miraculous conception and birth, but not as the son of God. Jesus would also lead Muslims in the final victory over those that disbelieved him or misidentified him as the son of God, what is considered as the highest sin in Islam, and against the antichrist [see Book of hadith by Imam Bukhari]. Muslims also believe that Jesus was neither crucified nor dead but was raised to Heaven by God while still living.
Expansions and appropriations of "Christ"
"Christ" has taken on such power and significance as a theological, religious and devotional term that it has been appropriated and expanded by various theologians and religious writers so as to take it beyond the Christian context, in which "Christ" refers strictly to Jesus as the Messiah of prophecy.
One belief is the idea or concept that "Jesus ''became'' Christ," i.e., his "flesh was transformed to spirits." By taking a spiritual and good path through life, Jesus was reunited with his true holy nature, (redeemed) and preserved forever in God. In this view, this psychic force is often called "the Christ," or sometimes "Christ consciousness," drawing a separation between God (whose nature is incomprehensible in Christian theology) and the Holy Spirit, which can be experienced through Jesus and is therefore compatible with our humanity. Matthew Fox sometimes speaks of "the Cosmic Christ."
In Eastern religious traditions, "God" is often described by both, personifications
(deities) which are manifestations of particular aspects of God's power, and incarnations (avatars) of God in mortal form as in case of Krishna who is considered as "The Father" in Hinduism. In these religions, "the Christ" is akin to these personifications. A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada who coined the phrase 'Krishna Consciousness,' held Jesus' teachings as non-different from the Hindu, Vedic scriptures, and others such as Paramahansa Yogananda often wrote about a "Christ Consciousness" interchangeably with "Krishna Consciousness."
Contemporary usage and other theories
Modern Christian non-denominational organizations such as the True Worshipper Ecclesiastical Association (TWEA) use the respective connotations of the names "Jesus" and "Christ" in a more expansive and complementary way. For example, the doctrinal treatise, entitled The Landscape of Truth describes Jesus as the eternal saviour of that which is pure in human kind, while the Landscape describes the Old Testament priestly designation "anointed one," i.e., "Christ," as being the only one who can stand in the eternal Most Holy Place of the Jewish Temple, which represents the eternal fulfilled soul of God and his purified worshippers in the savior, the Christ.
The use of "X," derived from Chi, the Greek alphabet initial, as an abbreviation for Christ (most commonly in the abbreviation "Xmas") is often misinterpreted as a modern secularization of the term. Thus understood, the centuries-old English word Xmas, is actually a shortened form of CHmas, which is, itself, a shortened form for Christmas. In fact, the use of "X" to represent the full word goes back to the earliest days of Greek Christianity.
According to Tom Harpur, a former professor of Theology at the University of Toronto who denies the historicity of Jesus, the Christian usage of the term ''Christ'' derives from Egypt. Harpur has argued that the application of the term ''Christ'' to Jesus derives from the Egyptian use of the term ''Karast'' (''covered in cooking oil'') to describe Horus, who Harpur also alleges that much of the descriptions of Jesus are copied from. ''Karast'' is a false cognate to ''Christ,'' and Harpur has alleged that this co-incidence was the reason that Christians chose this appellation of Horus rather than any other, since in Jewish circles, ''Christ'' readily brings to mind the Jewish belief in a Messiah.
'Chrestus' is a similar Greek name, which Suetonius confused for 'Christos.'
Slang usage
The interjection "Christ!" is often used as a sign of surprise or anger, without a direct religious reference — that is, as an exclamation. Many Christians find this usage blasphemous, as they feel it violates the Mosaic Commandment against taking the Lord's name in vain, as well as the instructions of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount according to the Gospels, to "never swear." However, for those who believe in Christ, it might also be regarded as a kind of prayer (specifically, a pious ejaculation) recognized by Eastern Orthodox tradition as legitimate. Common euphemisms that have arisen for this usage include "For crying out loud!" (US) and "Crikey" (UK, Aus.), used as an alternative by people reluctant to swear using the actual name.
See also
★ Anointing of Jesus ★ Anointing ★ Anti-Christ ★ Bible ★ Chrism ★ Fleur de lys ★ New Thought | ★ God the Father ★ God ★ Holy Spirit ★ Jesus ★ Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament ★ Ointment ★ Trinity |
References
1. Max Heindel, ''The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception'' (Part III, Chapter XV: Christ and His Mission), November 1909, ISBN 0–911274–34–0
2. King James Bible, ''Matthew 19:17, Bible (King James Version)''
★ McDowell, Joshua and Don Stewart, ''Handbook of Today's Religions,'' Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1983.
★ Ott, Ludwig, ''Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma,'' 1957.
★ Harpur, Tom, "The Pagan Christ: Recovering the Lost Light." Toronto: Thomas Allen Publishers, 2004.
External links
★ ''Jewish prophecies about Christ,'' About-Jesus.org
★ Paul A. Hughes, ''The Gnostic Christ: Gnosticism vs. Christianity''
★ Norman D. Livergood, ''The Christ concept in Esoteric Christianity''
★ ''The Etymological Derivation of the Name "Christ",'' NZs Hare Krishna Spiritual Network
★ ''Linkages Between Two God-Men Saviors: Christ and Krishna,'' religioustolerance.org
★ ''Specific Similarities Between the Lives of Jesus and Krishna,'' religioustolerance.org
★ ''Orthodox Outlet for Dogmatic Enquiries
★ Latin harmony of the Four Gospels: «Live» of Jesus (1)
★ Latin harmony of the Four Gospels: «Live» of Jesus (2)
★ Latter-day Saint statement on the divinity of Jesus Christ
★ Thomas A Kempis ''The imitation of Christ''
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