Christian theology Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====Christ==== Christ is the English term for the [[Greek (language)|Greek]] {{lang|grc|Χριστός}} (''Khristós'') meaning "[[anointing|the anointed one]]".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Christ |title=Etymology Online: ''Christ'' |publisher=Etymonline.com |access-date=2010-08-08}}</ref> It is a translation of the [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] {{Script/Hebrew|מָשִׁיחַ}} (''Māšîaḥ''), usually [[transliteration|transliterated]] into English as ''[[Messiah]]''. The word is often misunderstood to be the [[surname]] of [[Jesus]] due to the numerous mentions of ''Jesus Christ'' in the Christian [[Bible]]. The word is in fact used as a [[title]], hence its common reciprocal use ''Christ Jesus'', meaning Jesus the Anointed One or Jesus the Messiah. Followers of Jesus became known as [[Christians]] because they believed that Jesus was the Christ, or Messiah, [[prophecy|prophesied]] about in the [[Old Testament]], or [[Tanakh]]. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page