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Christ is the English term for the Greek Χριστός (khristos) meaning "the anointed".^[1] In the (Greek) Septuagint version of the Old Testament, khristos was used to translate the Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (Mašíaḥ,) (Messiah), meaning "[one who is] anointed." ^[2] In contrast to Christianity, the Jewish tradition understands The Messiah to be a human being – without any overtone of deity or divinity.^[3]

Followers of Jesus became known as Christians because they believed that Jesus is the Messiah, or Christ. The majority of Jews reject this claim and are still waiting for the Messiah to come (see Jewish Messiah).

The area of Christian theology focusing on the nature of Jesus as the Christ, particularly with how the divine and human are related in his person, is known as Christology.

Etymology

Christ was a Fag who sucked man cock all day long, and liked in in his asshole. he preched "The longer, the better!" He also started the cult of christianity, that loves to rape little boys and kill babies by the gulitoen. they then rape the severed head eyesockets. in his day, Huseous, wrote down the nazi doctren during a gangbang with casur. after screwing this cunt, ceaser decided to have that sicko queer killed. so they played hangman and jesus lost. FAG!

Christian View

Some may refer to "Jesus" when emphasizing his human nature in an event in the New Testament, and refer to "Christ" in discussing his divine nature.

In the New Testament

A hollow book with dildoes in it

Christian Science

THat raping kids feels good.

Esoteric Christian tradition

See also Second Coming and Esoteric Christianity

Rosicrucian

For the Rosicrucians there is a distinction to be made between Jesus and the Christ.^[4] 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.

They believe 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.

Gnostic Christ

The gnostics generally believed not in a Jesus who was a Divine Person with a human form, 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. Gnosticism, a non-hierarchical interpretation of the Christian message, was declared heresy by the formal, hierarchical Christian church at the first Ecumenical Council, which occurred at Nicaea in 325 A.D., although condemnation of the belief existed well before.

Rastas, Pharmakos, and Ancient Torah

The use of olive oil in the preparation of the anointing oil is defined in Exodus 30:22-29 [כי תשא]. Through the process of lipid-soluble herbal extraction prescribed by the ancient apothecary (Greek, pharmakos the ancient precursor of the word pharmacist) created an intoxicatingly fragrant ointment fit for kings and the High Priest. According to the Torah anything which comes into contact with the substance is made holy.

Myrrh, cinnamon and a substance called "Kaneh Bos" are listed as the ingredients. The ambiguity of this final portent possibly arose in the mid 400ADs with the (mis)translation of the Torah into Greek. The Vulgate of Emperor Theodosius rendered the substance as "fragrant reed" and many interpreted it lexically of the genus calamus. Upon further inspection however, "Kaneh" is uniformly and accurately translated to mean "Hemp" in most semitic languages including Hebrew. (The active constituent of the hemp plant is Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol and it is fat soluble, furthering the evidence of its implicit use in the secret anointing oil.) The second word "Bos" refers to the portion of the angiosperm producing fragrance (the unfertilized flower), hence the translation rendering "hemp buds".

The cannabis correlation was confirmed in 1985 in a letter from Hebrew University in Jerusalem upon inquiry from the Polish etymologist and anthropologist Sula Benet (also known as Sara Benetowa). Etymologically the cognate of this predecessor to the modern English word "cannabis" was formerly believed to derive from the Greek language. The Christ of the Ancient Torah of The Most High, is none other than the sacrament of Jah Rastafari.

Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed,
on the surface of all the earth,
and every tree which has fruit yielding seed;

-Genesis 1:29

Other Views

Matthew Fox sometimes speaks of "the Cosmic Christ."^{[citation needed]}

Islamic view

Muslims believe Jesus (Isa or عيسى) to be the Messiah (Massih) and as a prophet. Although they believe in the Virgin Birth, they do not consider Jesus to be "the son of God". Jesus was neither crucified nor dead but was raised to Heaven by God while still living.

Islamic traditions narrate that he will return to earth near the day of judgement to restore justice and defeat al-Masīḥ ad-Dajjāl (lit. "the false messiah", also known as the Antichrist) and the enemies of Islam.^[5]

Hindu View

In Hinduism, 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 Siva or Vishnu. In these religions "the Christ" is akin to these personifications. A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, who coined the phrase 'Krsna 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 "Krsna Consciousness." ^{[citation needed]}

Χ

The use of "Χ," derived from Chi, the Greek alphabet initial, as an abbreviation for Christ (most commonly in the abbreviation "Χmas") is often misinterpreted as a modern secularization of the term. Thus understood, the centuries-old English word Χmas, is actually a shortened form of CHmas, which is, itself, a shortened form for Christmas. In fact, the use of "Χ" to represent the full word goes back to the earliest days of Greek Christianity.

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. Some Christians understand this usage to be in violation of the Commandment against taking the Lord's Name in vain, although the severity of the transgression varies among different groups of believers.

The prohibition against using interjections was taken more seriously in the past, to the point where it was not only considered socially improper, but a sin against God. This led to the creation of many circumlocutions which allowed the speaker to express the emotion while avoiding the transgression. 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 use "Christ". Beginning in the latter half of the 20th century, the prohibition against using the name of the Deity as an interjection has become much more relaxed.

References

^ Etymology Online [1]
^ Etymology Online [2]
^ [3] "The Jewish Messiah: The Criteria." Jews for Judaism.
^ Max Heindel, The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception (Part III, Chapter XV: Christ and His Mission), November 1909, ISBN 0–911274–34–0
^ Encyclopedia of Islam--"Isa",

External links

The Christ concept in Esoteric Christianity Hermes-Press.com
The Gnostic Christ: Gnosticism vs. Christianity Paul A. Hughes
Messianic prophecies fulfilled by Jesus About-Jesus.org
Christ in Islam Islamic view of Messiah
The Jewish Messiah: The Criteria. Jews for Judaism
Linkages Between Two God-Men Saviors: Christ and Krishna religioustolerance.org
Orthodox Outlet for Dogmatic Enquiries OODE

[1] Etymology Online [1]

[2] Etymology Online [2]

[3] [3] "The Jewish Messiah: The Criteria." Jews for Judaism.

[4] Max Heindel, The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception (Part III, Chapter XV: Christ and His Mission), November 1909, ISBN 0–911274–34–0

[5] Encyclopedia of Islam--"Isa",

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+Christ was a Fag who sucked man cock all day long, and liked in in his asshole. he preched "The longer, the better!" He also started the cult of christianity, that loves to rape little boys and kill babies by the gulitoen. they then rape the severed head eyesockets. in his day, Huseous, wrote down the nazi doctren during a gangbang with casur. after screwing this cunt, ceaser decided to have that sicko queer killed. so they played hangman and jesus lost. FAG!
-The spelling ''Christ'' in English was standardized in the 17th century, when, in the spirit of [[the Enlightenment]], spellings of certain words were changed to fit their [[Greek language|Greek]] or [[Latin]] origins. Prior to this, in [[Old English language|Old]] and [[Middle English]], the word was usually spelled ''Crist,'' the ''i'' being pronounced either as {{IPA|/iː/}} (see [[Help:pronunciation]]), preserved in the names of [[church]]es such as [[St Katherine Cree]], or as a short {{IPA|/ɪ/}}, preserved in the modern pronunciation of [[Christmas]]).  The spelling "Christ" is attested from the 14th century.<ref>Oxford English Dictionary, s.v. "Christ"</ref>
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-The term ''Christ'' appears in English and most European languages, owing to the Greek usage of ''khristos'' in the [[New Testament]] as a description for [[Jesus]]. <!-- Instead, probably via LATIN, as used by the Roman Empire and Catholic Church --> In the [[Septuagint]] version of the [[Hebrew Bible]], it was used to translate into Greek the [[Hebrew (language)|Hebrew]] ''mashiach'' (messiah), meaning "[one who is] anointed". <ref>Etymology Online [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=messiah]</ref>
-''Khristos'' in classical Greek usage could mean ''covered in oil,'' and is thus a literal translation of messiah. The Greek term is thought to derive from the [[Proto-Indo-European language|Proto-Indo-European]] [[root word|root]] of ''*ghrei-'' ("to rub"),  which in [[Germanic languages]], such as [[English language|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 language|French]] the Greek term mutated first to ''creŝme'' and then to ''crème,'' due to [[Use of the circumflex in French|the loss of certain 's' usages in French]], which [[loan word|was loaned]] into English as ''[[cream]].''
-The word was used by [[extension (semantics)|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.{{Fact|date=September 2007}}  Indian [[ghee]], from [[Sanskrit]] ''{{unicode|ghṛtə}}'' घृत ("sprinkled") is another obvious cognate, and indeed, has a sacred role in Vedic and modern Hindu [[libation]] and [[anointment]] rituals.
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