Christ
Publié le 22/02/2012
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From the Greek word christos, meaning
"anointed"; a title applied to JESUS, the founder of
CHRISTIANITY. The earliest followers of Jesus most
likely spoke Aramaic, which was the languages of
Palestine in Jesus' day. As a result, they would not
have applied the Greek word christos, "Christ," to
Jesus. They would have used its Aramaic equivalent,
which is usually rendered into English as
MESSIAH.
Within 15 years of Jesus' death, however, MISSIONARIES
such as PAUL were actively spreading the
message about Jesus to people outside of Palestine.
At the time Greek was the common language of
the eastern Mediterranean, so they translated their
message into Greek. Jesus the Messiah became
Jesus the Christ, and the religion eventually came
to be known as Christianity.
The word christos, "Christ," quickly assumed
the status of a proper name—Jesus Christ rather
than Jesus the Christ—and the name was limited
to Jesus. Today the name Christ is rarely associated
with its original Greek meaning, "the anointed."
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