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rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"> <p>The concept of the Christ in Christianity <a href="/wiki/Christianity_and_Judaism#The_Messiah" title="Christianity and Judaism">originated from the concept</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Messiah_in_Judaism" title="Messiah in Judaism">messiah in Judaism</a>. Christians believe that Jesus is the messiah foretold in the <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_Bible" title="Hebrew Bible">Hebrew Bible</a> and the Christian <a href="/wiki/Old_Testament" title="Old Testament">Old Testament</a>. Although the conceptions of the messiah in each religion are similar, for the most part they are distinct from one another due to the <a href="/wiki/Split_of_early_Christianity_and_Judaism" class="mw-redirect" title="Split of early Christianity and Judaism">split of early Christianity and Judaism</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_the_1st_century" title="Christianity in the 1st century">1st century</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Although the original <a href="/wiki/Disciple_(Christianity)" title="Disciple (Christianity)">followers of Jesus</a> believed Jesus to be the Jewish messiah, e.g. in the <a href="/wiki/Confession_of_Peter" title="Confession of Peter">Confession of Peter</a>, he was usually called "Jesus of Nazareth" or "Jesus, son of <a href="/wiki/Saint_Joseph" title="Saint Joseph">Joseph</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-Britannica_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Britannica-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jesus came to be called "Jesus Christ" (meaning "Jesus the <i>Khristós</i>", i.e. "Jesus the Messiah" or "Jesus the <a href="/wiki/Anointed" class="mw-redirect" title="Anointed">Anointed</a>") by Christians, who believe that his <a href="/wiki/Crucifixion_of_Jesus" title="Crucifixion of Jesus">crucifixion</a> and <a href="/wiki/Resurrection_of_Jesus" title="Resurrection of Jesus">resurrection</a> fulfill the <a href="/wiki/Messiah" title="Messiah">messianic prophecies</a> of the Old Testament, especially the prophecies outlined in <a href="/wiki/Isaiah_53" title="Isaiah 53">Isaiah 53</a> and Psalm 22.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Etymology"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Etymology</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Usage"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Usage</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Background_and_New_Testament_references"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Background and New Testament references</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Pre%E2%80%93New-Testament_references"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Pre–New-Testament references</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Opening_lines_of_Mark_and_Matthew"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Opening lines of Mark and Matthew</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#Confession_of_Peter_(Matthew,_Mark_and_Luke)"><span class="tocnumber">3.3</span> <span class="toctext">Confession of Peter (Matthew, Mark and Luke)</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#Martha's_statement_(John)"><span class="tocnumber">3.4</span> <span class="toctext">Martha's statement (John)</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#Sanhedrin_trial_of_Jesus_(Matthew,_Mark_and_Luke)"><span class="tocnumber">3.5</span> <span class="toctext">Sanhedrin trial of Jesus (Matthew, Mark and Luke)</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#Pauline_epistles"><span class="tocnumber">3.6</span> <span class="toctext">Pauline epistles</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10"><a href="#Use_of_Messias_in_John"><span class="tocnumber">3.7</span> <span class="toctext">Use of <i>Messias</i> in John</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="#Christology"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Christology</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12"><a href="#Symbols"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Symbols</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14"><a href="#Notes"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Notes</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-15"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-16"><a href="#Further_reading"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">Further reading</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Christ_(title)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <p><i>Christ</i> derives from the <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a> word <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">χριστός</span></span> (<span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language romanization"><i lang="grc-Latn">chrīstós</i></span>), meaning literally "<a href="/wiki/Anointing" title="Anointing">anointed</a> one". The word is derived from the Greek verb <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">χρίω</span></span> (<span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language romanization"><i lang="grc-Latn">chrī́ō</i></span>), meaning literally "to anoint."<sup id="cite_ref-lsjchristos_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lsjchristos-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a> <a href="/wiki/Septuagint" title="Septuagint">Septuagint</a>, <i>χριστός</i> was a <a href="/wiki/Semantic_loan" title="Semantic loan">semantic loan</a> used to translate the <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a> <span title="Hebrew-language text"><span lang="he" dir="rtl">מָשִׁיחַ</span></span> (<span title="Hebrew-language romanization"><i lang="he-Latn">Mašíaḥ</i></span>, messiah), meaning "[one who is] anointed".<sup id="cite_ref-Bible_Study_Tools_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bible_Study_Tools-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Usage">Usage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Christ_(title)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Usage" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Names_and_titles_of_Jesus_in_the_New_Testament" title="Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament">Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament</a> and <a href="/wiki/Holy_Name_of_Jesus" title="Holy Name of Jesus">Holy Name of Jesus</a></div> <p>The word <i>Christ</i> (and similar spellings) appears in English and in most European languages. English speakers now often use "Christ" as if it were a name, one part of the name "<a href="/wiki/Jesus_Christ" class="mw-redirect" title="Jesus Christ">Jesus Christ</a>", though it was originally a title ("the Messiah"). Its usage in "Christ Jesus" emphasizes its nature as a title.<sup id="cite_ref-Pannenberg_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pannenberg-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Miriam_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Miriam-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Compare the usage "the Christ".<sup id="cite_ref-bauermessias_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bauermessias-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The spelling <i>Christ</i> in English became standardized in the 18th century, when, in the spirit of the <a href="/wiki/Age_of_Enlightenment" title="Age of Enlightenment">Enlightenment</a>, certain words' spelling changed to fit their <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> origins. Before that, scribes writing in <a href="/wiki/Old_English" title="Old English">Old</a> and <a href="/wiki/Middle_English" title="Middle English">Middle English</a> usually used the spelling <i>Crist</i>—the <i>i</i> being pronounced either as <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span></span>/</a></span></span>, preserved in the names of churches such as <a href="/wiki/St_Katherine_Cree" class="mw-redirect" title="St Katherine Cree">St Katherine Cree</a>, or as a short <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span></span>/</a></span></span>, preserved in the modern pronunciation of "<a href="/wiki/Christmas" title="Christmas">Christmas</a>". The spelling "Christ" in English is attested from the 14th century.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In modern and ancient usage, even in secular terminology, "Christ" usually refers to Jesus, based on the centuries-old tradition of such usage. Since the <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Age" class="mw-redirect" title="Apostolic Age">Apostolic Age</a>, the use of the definite article before the word <i>Christ</i> and its gradual development into a proper name show the Christians identified the bearer with the promised Messias of the Jews.<sup id="cite_ref-CathencChrist_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CathencChrist-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Background_and_New_Testament_references">Background and New Testament references</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Christ_(title)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Background and New Testament references" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sargis_Pitsak.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Sargis_Pitsak.jpg/170px-Sargis_Pitsak.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="238" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1808" data-file-height="2530"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 170px;height: 238px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Sargis_Pitsak.jpg/170px-Sargis_Pitsak.jpg" data-width="170" data-height="238" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Sargis_Pitsak.jpg/255px-Sargis_Pitsak.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Sargis_Pitsak.jpg/340px-Sargis_Pitsak.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element">&nbsp;</span></a><figcaption>First page of <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Mark" title="Gospel of Mark">Mark</a>, by <a href="/wiki/Sargis_Pitsak" title="Sargis Pitsak">Sargis Pitsak</a> (14th century): "The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God"</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pre–New-Testament_references"><span id="Pre.E2.80.93New-Testament_references"></span>Pre–New-Testament references</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Christ_(title)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Pre–New-Testament references" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Old_Testament" title="Old Testament">Old Testament</a>, anointing was a ceremonial ritual reserved to: </p> <ul><li>the <a href="/wiki/Kings_of_Israel_and_Judah#List_of_Kings" title="Kings of Israel and Judah">Kings of Israel</a> (<a href="/wiki/Books_of_Kings" title="Books of Kings">1 Kings</a> 19:16; 24:7, <a href="/wiki/Psalms" title="Psalms">Psalms</a> 17 (18):51);</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyrus_the_Great" title="Cyrus the Great">Cyrus the Great</a> (<a href="/wiki/Book_of_Isaiah" title="Book of Isaiah">Isaiah</a> 45:1);</li> <li>the <a href="/wiki/High_Priest_of_Israel" title="High Priest of Israel">High Priest of Israel</a>;</li> <li>the <a href="/wiki/Patriarchs_(Bible)" title="Patriarchs (Bible)">patriarchs</a> (Psalms 104(105):15); and</li> <li>the <a href="/wiki/Biblical_prophets" class="mw-redirect" title="Biblical prophets">prophets</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-lsjchristos_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lsjchristos-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Septuagint" title="Septuagint">Septuagint</a> text of the <a href="/wiki/Deuterocanonical_books" title="Deuterocanonical books">deuterocanonical books</a>, the term "Christ" (Χριστός, <a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Greek" title="Romanization of Greek">translit.</a> Christós) is found in <a href="/wiki/2_Maccabees" title="2 Maccabees">2 Maccabees</a> 1:10<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (referring to the <a href="/wiki/High_Priest_of_Israel#Consecration" title="High Priest of Israel">anointed High Priest of Israel</a>) and in the <a href="/wiki/Sirach" class="mw-redirect" title="Sirach">Book of Sirach</a> 46:19,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in relation to <a href="/wiki/Samuel#Biblical_account#Calling" title="Samuel">Samuel</a>, prophet and institutor of the kingdom under Saul. </p><p>At the time of Jesus, there was no single form of <a href="/wiki/Second_Temple_Judaism" title="Second Temple Judaism">Second Temple Judaism</a>, and there were significant political, social, and religious differences among the various Jewish groups.<sup id="cite_ref-Ekstrand147_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ekstrand147-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But for centuries the Jews had used the term <i>moshiach</i> ("anointed") to refer to their expected deliverer.<sup id="cite_ref-CathencChrist_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CathencChrist-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Opening_lines_of_Mark_and_Matthew">Opening lines of Mark and Matthew</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Christ_(title)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: Opening lines of Mark and Matthew" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p><a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Mark" title="Gospel of Mark">Mark</a> <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Mark#1:1" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Mark">1:1</a> ("The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God") identifies Jesus as both Christ and the <a href="/wiki/Son_of_God_(Christianity)" title="Son of God (Christianity)">Son of God</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=Matthew%201:1&amp;version=nrsv">Matthew 1:1</a> uses Christ as a name and <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew" title="Gospel of Matthew">Matthew</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=Matthew%201:16&amp;version=nrsv">1:16</a> explains it again with: "Jesus, who is called Christ". The use of the <a href="/wiki/Article_(grammar)#Definite_article" title="Article (grammar)">definite article</a> before the word "Christ" and its gradual development into a proper name show that the Christians identified Jesus with the promised messiah of the Jews who fulfilled all the <a href="/wiki/Christian_messianic_prophecies" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian messianic prophecies">messianic predictions</a> in a fuller and a higher sense than had been given them by the <a href="/wiki/Rabbis" class="mw-redirect" title="Rabbis">rabbis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CathencChrist_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CathencChrist-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Confession_of_Peter_(Matthew,_Mark_and_Luke)"><span id="Confession_of_Peter_.28Matthew.2C_Mark_and_Luke.29"></span>Confession of Peter (Matthew, Mark and Luke)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Christ_(title)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: Confession of Peter (Matthew, Mark and Luke)" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>The so-called <a href="/wiki/Confession_of_Peter" title="Confession of Peter">Confession of Peter</a>, recorded in the <a href="/wiki/Synoptic_Gospels" title="Synoptic Gospels">Synoptic Gospels</a> as Jesus's foremost apostle <a href="/wiki/Saint_Peter" title="Saint Peter">Peter</a> saying that Jesus was the Messiah, has become a famous proclamation of faith among Christians since the first century.<sup id="cite_ref-Ekstrand147_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ekstrand147-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Martha's_statement_(John)"><span id="Martha.27s_statement_.28John.29"></span>Martha's statement (John)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Christ_(title)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: Martha's statement (John)" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>In <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+11:27&amp;version=niv;kjv">John 11:27</a> Martha told Jesus, "you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world", signifying that both titles were generally accepted (yet considered distinct) among the followers of Jesus before the <a href="/wiki/Raising_of_Lazarus" class="mw-redirect" title="Raising of Lazarus">raising of Lazarus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sanhedrin_trial_of_Jesus_(Matthew,_Mark_and_Luke)"><span id="Sanhedrin_trial_of_Jesus_.28Matthew.2C_Mark_and_Luke.29"></span>Sanhedrin trial of Jesus (Matthew, Mark and Luke)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Christ_(title)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Edit section: Sanhedrin trial of Jesus (Matthew, Mark and Luke)" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Sanhedrin_trial_of_Jesus" title="Sanhedrin trial of Jesus">Sanhedrin trial of Jesus</a>, it might appear from the narrative of Matthew that Jesus at first refused a direct reply to the high priest <a href="/wiki/Caiaphas" title="Caiaphas">Caiaphas</a>'s question: "Are you the Messiah, the Son of God?", where his answer is given merely as Σὺ εἶπας (<i>Su eipas</i>, "You [singular] have said it").<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Similarly but differently in Luke, all those present are said to ask Jesus: 'Are you then the Son of God?', to which Jesus reportedly answered: Ὑμεῖς λέγετε ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι (<i>Hymeis legete hoti ego eimi</i>, "You [plural] say that I am".<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the Gospel of Mark, however, when asked by Caiaphas 'Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?', Jesus tells the Sanhedrin: Ἐγώ εἰμι (<i>ego eimi</i>, "I am").<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are instances from <a href="/wiki/Jewish_literature" title="Jewish literature">Jewish literature</a> in which the expression "you have said it" is equivalent to "you are right".<sup id="cite_ref-CathencMessiah_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CathencMessiah-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Messianic claim was less significant than the claim to divinity, which caused the <a href="/wiki/High_Priest_of_Israel" title="High Priest of Israel">high priest</a>'s horrified accusation of <a href="/wiki/Blasphemy" title="Blasphemy">blasphemy</a> and the subsequent call for the death sentence. <a href="/wiki/Pilate%27s_court" title="Pilate's court">Before Pilate</a>, on the other hand, it was merely the assertion of his <a href="/wiki/Kingship_and_kingdom_of_God" title="Kingship and kingdom of God">royal</a> dignity which gave grounds for his condemnation.<sup id="cite_ref-CathencMessiah_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CathencMessiah-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pauline_epistles">Pauline epistles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Christ_(title)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Edit section: Pauline epistles" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>The word "Christ" is closely associated with Jesus in the <a href="/wiki/Pauline_epistles" title="Pauline epistles">Pauline epistles</a>, which suggests that there was no need for the <a href="/wiki/Early_Christians" class="mw-redirect" title="Early Christians">early Christians</a> to claim that Jesus is Christ because it was considered widely accepted among them. Hence <a href="/wiki/Paul_the_Apostle" title="Paul the Apostle">Paul</a> can use the term <i>Khristós</i> with no confusion as to whom it refers, and he can use expressions such as "in Christ" to refer to the followers of Jesus, as in <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/1_Corinthians#4:15" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/1 Corinthians">1 Corinthians 4:15</a> and <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Romans#12:5" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Romans">Romans 12:5</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Paul proclaimed him as the <a href="/wiki/Last_Adam" title="Last Adam">Last Adam</a>, who restored through obedience what <a href="/wiki/Adam" title="Adam">Adam</a> lost through disobedience.<sup id="cite_ref-Rahner731_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rahner731-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Pauline epistles are a source of some key Christological connections; e.g., <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Ephesians#3:17" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Ephesians">Ephesians 3:17–19</a> relates the <a href="/wiki/Love_of_Christ" title="Love of Christ">love of Christ</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Knowledge_of_Christ" title="Knowledge of Christ">knowledge of Christ</a>, and considers the love of Christ as a necessity for knowing him.<sup id="cite_ref-WBarc152_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WBarc152-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are also implicit claims to him being the Christ in the words and actions of Jesus.<sup id="cite_ref-CathencMessiah_30-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CathencMessiah-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (January 2021)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Use_of_Messias_in_John">Use of <i>Messias</i> in John</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Christ_(title)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=10" title="Edit section: Use of Messias in John" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Hellenization" title="Hellenization">Hellenization</a> Μεσσίας (Messías) is used twice to mean "Messiah" in the New Testament: by the <a href="/wiki/Disciple_(Christianity)" title="Disciple (Christianity)">disciple</a> <a href="/wiki/Andrew_the_Apostle" title="Andrew the Apostle">Andrew</a> at <a href="/wiki/John_1:41" title="John 1:41">John 1:41</a>, and by the <a href="/wiki/Samaritan_woman_at_the_well" title="Samaritan woman at the well">Samaritan woman at the well</a> at John 4:25. In both cases, the Greek text specifies immediately after that this means "the Christ."<sup id="cite_ref-bauermessias_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bauermessias-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 509">: 509 </span></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Christology">Christology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Christ_(title)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=11" title="Edit section: Christology" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Christology" title="Christology">Christology</a></div> <p>Christology, literally "the understanding of Christ",<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEhrman2014108_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEhrman2014108-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is the study of the nature (person) and work (role in salvation) of <a href="/wiki/Jesus_in_Christianity" title="Jesus in Christianity">Jesus in Christianity</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEhrman2014171_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEhrman2014171-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEO'Collins20091-3_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEO'Collins20091-3-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERamm199315_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamm199315-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBirdEvansGathercole2014134,_n.5_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBirdEvansGathercole2014134,_n.5-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It studies Jesus Christ's humanity and divinity, and the relation between these two aspects;<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEhrman2014ch.6-9_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEhrman2014ch.6-9-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the role he plays in <a href="/wiki/Salvation_in_Christianity" title="Salvation in Christianity">salvation</a>. </p><p>From the second to the fifth centuries, the relation of the human and divine nature of Christ was a major focus of debates in the <a href="/wiki/Early_centers_of_Christianity" class="mw-redirect" title="Early centers of Christianity">early church</a> and at the <a href="/wiki/First_seven_ecumenical_councils" title="First seven ecumenical councils">first seven ecumenical councils</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Chalcedon" title="Council of Chalcedon">Council of Chalcedon</a> in 451 issued a formulation of the <a href="/wiki/Hypostatic_union" title="Hypostatic union">hypostatic union</a> of the two natures of Christ, one human and one divine, "united with neither confusion nor division".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDavis1990342_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDavis1990342-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most of the major branches of Western Christianity and <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodoxy" title="Eastern Orthodoxy">Eastern Orthodoxy</a> subscribe to this formulation,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDavis1990342_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDavis1990342-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while many branches of <a href="/wiki/Oriental_Orthodox_Churches" title="Oriental Orthodox Churches">Oriental Orthodox Churches</a> reject it,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEArmentroutBoak_Slocum200581_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEArmentroutBoak_Slocum200581-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEspínNickoloff2007217_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEsp%C3%ADnNickoloff2007217-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBeversluis200021–22_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBeversluis200021%E2%80%9322-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> subscribing to <a href="/wiki/Miaphysitism" title="Miaphysitism">miaphysitism</a>. </p><p>According to the <i><a href="/wiki/Summa_Theologica" title="Summa Theologica">Summa Theologica</a></i> of <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Aquinas" title="Thomas Aquinas">Thomas Aquinas</a>, in the singular case of Jesus, the word <i>Christ</i> has a twofold meaning, which stands for "both the Godhead anointing and the manhood anointed". It derives from the twofold human-divine nature of Christ (<a href="/wiki/Dyophysitism" title="Dyophysitism">dyophysitism</a>): the <a href="/wiki/Son_of_man_(Christianity)" title="Son of man (Christianity)">Son of man</a> is anointed in consequence of His incarnated flesh, as well as the Son of God is anointing in consequence of the "<a href="/wiki/Godhead_in_Christianity" title="Godhead in Christianity">Godhead</a> which He has with the Father" (ST <i>III</i>, q. 16, a. 5).<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Symbols">Symbols</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Christ_(title)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=12" title="Edit section: Symbols" class="cdx-button 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.tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:129px;max-width:129px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:127px;max-width:127px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Simple_Labarum2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Simple_Labarum2.svg/125px-Simple_Labarum2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="165" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="133" data-file-height="176"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 125px;height: 165px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Simple_Labarum2.svg/125px-Simple_Labarum2.svg.png" data-alt="" data-width="125" data-height="165" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Simple_Labarum2.svg/188px-Simple_Labarum2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Simple_Labarum2.svg/250px-Simple_Labarum2.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element">&nbsp;</span></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">The <i><a href="/wiki/Chi_Rho" title="Chi Rho">Chi Rho</a></i></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:127px;max-width:127px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Christ_Pantocrator,_Church_of_the_Holy_Sepulchre.png" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Christ_Pantocrator%2C_Church_of_the_Holy_Sepulchre.png/125px-Christ_Pantocrator%2C_Church_of_the_Holy_Sepulchre.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="125" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2000"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 125px;height: 125px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Christ_Pantocrator%2C_Church_of_the_Holy_Sepulchre.png/125px-Christ_Pantocrator%2C_Church_of_the_Holy_Sepulchre.png" data-alt="" data-width="125" data-height="125" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Christ_Pantocrator%2C_Church_of_the_Holy_Sepulchre.png/188px-Christ_Pantocrator%2C_Church_of_the_Holy_Sepulchre.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Christ_Pantocrator%2C_Church_of_the_Holy_Sepulchre.png/250px-Christ_Pantocrator%2C_Church_of_the_Holy_Sepulchre.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element">&nbsp;</span></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><i>Christ Pantocrator</i> mosaic, <a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Holy_Sepulchre" title="Church of the Holy Sepulchre">Church of the Holy Sepulchre</a>, showing use of <i><b>ΧϹ</b></i> digraph</div></div></div></div></div> <p>The use of "Χ" as an abbreviation for "Christ" derives from the Greek letter <a href="/wiki/Chi_(letter)" title="Chi (letter)">Chi</a> (χ), in the word <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><i lang="grc">Christós</i></span> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1248666159">.mw-parser-output .tfd-dated{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .tfd-default{border-bottom:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);clear:both;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tfd-tiny{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .tfd-inline{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1)}.mw-parser-output .tfd-sidebar{border-bottom:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);text-align:center;position:relative}@media(min-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .tfd-sidebar{clear:right;float:right;width:22em}}</style><span class="tfd tfd-dated tfd-tiny"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2024_November_12#Template:Lang-grc-gre" title="Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2024 November 12">‹See Tfd›</a></span>Greek: <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">Χριστός</span></span>). An early Christogram is the <i><a href="/wiki/Chi_Rho" title="Chi Rho">Chi Rho</a></i> symbol, formed by superimposing the first two Greek letters in Christ, chi (Χ) and <a href="/wiki/Rho" title="Rho">rho</a> (Ρ), to produce <big>☧</big>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The centuries-old English word <i><a href="/wiki/%CE%A7mas" class="mw-redirect" title="Χmas">Χmas</a></i> (or, in earlier form, <i>XPmas</i>) is an English form of χ-mas,<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> itself an abbreviation for Christ-mas. The <i><a href="/wiki/Oxford_English_Dictionary" title="Oxford English Dictionary">Oxford English Dictionary</a></i> (<i>OED</i>) and the <i>OED Supplement</i> have cited usages of "X-" or "Xp-" for "Christ-" as early as 1485. The terms "Xpian" and "Xren" have been used for "Christian", "Xst" for "Christ's" "Xρofer" for <a href="/wiki/Saint_Christopher" title="Saint Christopher">(Saint) Christopher</a> and Xmas, Xstmas, and Xtmas for Christmas. The <i>OED</i> further cites usage of "Xtianity" for "Christianity" from 1634.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <i>Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage</i>, most of the evidence for these words comes from "educated Englishmen who knew their Greek".<sup id="cite_ref-mwdeu_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mwdeu-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The December 1957 <i>News and Views</i> published by the <a href="/wiki/Church_League_of_America" title="Church League of America">Church League of America</a>, a conservative organization founded in 1937,<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> attacked the use of "Xmas" in an article titled "X=The Unknown Quantity". <a href="/wiki/Gerald_L._K._Smith" title="Gerald L. K. Smith">Gerald L. K. Smith</a> picked up the statements later, in December 1966, saying that Xmas was a "blasphemous omission of the name of Christ" and that "'X' is referred to as being symbolical of the unknown quantity."<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> More recently, American evangelist <a href="/wiki/Franklin_Graham" title="Franklin Graham">Franklin Graham</a> and former <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a> contributor <a href="/wiki/Roland_S._Martin" class="mw-redirect" title="Roland S. Martin">Roland S. Martin</a> publicly raised concerns. Graham stated in an interview that the use of "Xmas" is taking "Christ out of Christmas" and called it a "war against the name of Jesus Christ."<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Roland Martin relates the use of "Xmas" to his growing concerns of increasing commercialization and secularization of what he says is one of Christianity's highest holy days.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(6)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Christ_(title)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=13" title="Edit section: See also" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-6 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-6"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chrism" title="Chrism">Chrism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ichthys" title="Ichthys">Ichthys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dyophysitism" title="Dyophysitism">Dyophysitism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hypostatic_union" title="Hypostatic union">Hypostatic union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerigma" class="mw-redirect" title="Kerigma">Kerigma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knowledge_of_Christ" title="Knowledge of Christ">Knowledge of Christ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masih_(title)" title="Masih (title)">Masih</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Names_and_titles_of_Jesus_in_the_Quran" title="Names and titles of Jesus in the Quran">Names and titles of Jesus in the Quran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perfection_of_Christ" title="Perfection of Christ">Perfection of Christ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/You_are_Christ" title="You are Christ">You are Christ</a></li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(7)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Christ_(title)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=14" title="Edit section: Notes" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-7 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-7"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Pronounced <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/aɪ/: 'i' in 'tide'">aɪ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">KRYST</span></i></a>. From <a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a>: <i lang="la">Christus</i>; from <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248666159"><span class="tfd tfd-dated tfd-tiny"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2024_November_12#Template:Lang-grc-gre" title="Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2024 November 12">‹See Tfd›</a></span><a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">χριστός</span></span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Greek" title="Romanization of Greek">translit.</a></small> <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language romanization"><i lang="grc-Latn"><i>khristós</i></i></span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a></small> "anointed, covered in oil"; a <a href="/wiki/Semantic_loan" title="Semantic loan">semantic loan</a> of <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Aramaic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial Aramaic language">Imperial Aramaic</a>: <span lang="arc" dir="rtl">משיחא</span>, <small>romanized: </small><span title="Imperial Aramaic-language romanization"><i lang="arc-Latn">məšīḥā</i></span> or <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: <span lang="he" dir="rtl">מָשִׁיחַ</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Hebrew" title="Romanization of Hebrew">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Hebrew-language romanization"><i lang="he-Latn">māšîaḥ</i></span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a> </small>'<a href="/wiki/Messiah" title="Messiah">messiah</a>'; from <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Aramaic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial Aramaic language">Imperial Aramaic</a>: <span lang="arc" dir="rtl">משח</span>, <small>romanized: </small><span title="Imperial Aramaic-language romanization"><i lang="arc-Latn">məšaḥ</i></span> or <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: <span lang="he" dir="rtl">מָשַׁח</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Hebrew" title="Romanization of Hebrew">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Hebrew-language romanization"><i lang="he-Latn">māšaḥ</i></span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a> </small>'to anoint'.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nfcnqq_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nfcnqq-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alternatively (<i>Messiah</i> or <i>Messias</i>): <a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a>: <i lang="la">messias</i>, from <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1248666159"><span class="tfd tfd-dated tfd-tiny"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2024_November_12#Template:Lang-grc-gre" title="Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2024 November 12">‹See Tfd›</a></span><a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">μεσσίας</span></span> (alternative to <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">χριστός</span></span>), from the same Semitic word.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-48">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Viz." title="Viz.">Viz.</a> <i><b>1485</b></i> <i><a href="/wiki/Rolls_of_Parliament" title="Rolls of Parliament">Rolls of Parliament</a></i> VI.280/I The most famous, beloved, and Xren Prince. <i><b>1573</b></i> <a href="/wiki/John_Baret" title="John Baret">Baret</a> <i><a href="/wiki/John_Baret#Dictionary" title="John Baret">Alv.</a></i> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Latin_phrases_(S)#sub_verbo" title="List of Latin phrases (S)">s.v.</a> V. "The long mistaking of this woorde Xps standing for Chrs by abbreuiation which fore lacke of knowledge in the greeke they tooke for x, p, and s, and so likewise Xpofer. <i><b>1598</b></i> <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Rowlands" title="Samuel Rowlands">Rowlands</a> <i>Betraying of Christ</i> Hunter, Cl. 25 "Xpian the outward, the inward not at all"; <i><b>1634</b></i> <i>Documents against <a href="/wiki/William_Prynne" title="William Prynne">Prynne</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Camden_Society" title="Camden Society">Camden</a>, 33 "Such right...as your Xtianity, place, and function joyntly require." <i><b>1697</b></i> <a href="/wiki/John_Aubrey" title="John Aubrey">Aubrey</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Brief_Lives" title="Brief Lives">Lives</a></i> <a href="/wiki/John_Milton" title="John Milton">Milton</a> (<a href="/wiki/Manuscript" title="Manuscript">MS</a> Aubrey 8, <a href="/wiki/Folio" title="Folio">lf.</a> 63) "He was so faire, that they called him the lady of <a href="/wiki/Christ%27s_College,_Cambridge" title="Christ's College, Cambridge">Xts college</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-oed-x_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oed-x-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(8)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Christ_(title)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=15" title="Edit section: References" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-8 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-8"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFSchönborn1994" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Christoph_Sch%C3%B6nborn" title="Christoph Schönborn">Schönborn, Christoph</a> (1994). <i>God's human face: the Christ-icon</i>. Ignatius Press. p. 154. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-89870-514-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-89870-514-2"><bdi>0-89870-514-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=God%27s+human+face%3A+the+Christ-icon&amp;rft.pages=154&amp;rft.pub=Ignatius+Press&amp;rft.date=1994&amp;rft.isbn=0-89870-514-2&amp;rft.aulast=Sch%C3%B6nborn&amp;rft.aufirst=Christoph&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChrist+%28title%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGaley1986" class="citation book cs1">Galey, John (1986). <i>Sinai and the Monastery of St. Catherine</i>. American University in Cairo Press. p. 92. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/977-424-118-5" title="Special:BookSources/977-424-118-5"><bdi>977-424-118-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Sinai+and+the+Monastery+of+St.+Catherine&amp;rft.pages=92&amp;rft.pub=American+University+in+Cairo+Press&amp;rft.date=1986&amp;rft.isbn=977-424-118-5&amp;rft.aulast=Galey&amp;rft.aufirst=John&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChrist+%28title%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFZanzig2000" class="citation book cs1">Zanzig, Thomas (2000). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/jesusofhistorych03edzanz/page/314"><i>Jesus of history, Christ of faith</i></a>. 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(1913). <span class="cs1-ws-icon" title="s:Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Origin of the Name of Jesus Christ"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Origin_of_the_Name_of_Jesus_Christ">"Origin of the Name of Jesus Christ" </a></span>. <i><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia" title="Catholic Encyclopedia">Catholic Encyclopedia</a></i>. 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January 26, 2011. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160622131408/https://www.ucg.org/bible-study-tools/booklets/jesus-christ-the-real-story/what-do-messiah-and-jesus-christ-mean">Archived</a> from the original on June 22, 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 17,</span> 2018</span>. <q>anointing was a rite of kingship in Syria-Palestine in the fourteenth century BCE.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=What+Do+%27Messiah%27+and+%27Jesus+Christ%27+Mean%3F.+Both+Christ+and+Messiah+mean+anointed+or+anointed+one.&amp;rft.date=2011-01-26&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ucg.org%2Fbible-study-tools%2Fbooklets%2Fjesus-christ-the-real-story%2Fwhat-do-messiah-and-jesus-christ-mean&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChrist+%28title%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/2-Maccabees-Chapter-1_Original-1611-KJV/">"1611 King James Bible, Second Book of Maccabees, chapter 1, verse 10"</a>. <i>kingjamesbibleonline.org</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=kingjamesbibleonline.org&amp;rft.atitle=1611+King+James+Bible%2C+Second+Book+of+Maccabees%2C+chapter+1%2C+verse+10&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kingjamesbibleonline.org%2F2-Maccabees-Chapter-1_Original-1611-KJV%2F&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChrist+%28title%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 23,</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=Subject+Guide+to+Conservative+and+Libertarian+Materials%2C+in+Manuscript+Collections&amp;rft.pub=University+of+Oregon&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Flibweb.uoregon.edu%2Fspeccoll%2Fguides%2Fconservative.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChrist+%28title%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-52">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKominsky1970" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Morris_Kominsky" title="Morris Kominsky">Kominsky, Morris</a> (1970). <i>The Hoaxers: Plain Liars, Fancy Liars and Damned Liars</i>. Branden Press. pp. 137–138. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8283-1288-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-8283-1288-5"><bdi>0-8283-1288-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=The+Hoaxers%3A+Plain+Liars%2C+Fancy+Liars+and+Damned+Liars&amp;rft.pages=137-138&amp;rft.pub=Branden+Press&amp;rft.date=1970&amp;rft.isbn=0-8283-1288-5&amp;rft.aulast=Kominsky&amp;rft.aufirst=Morris&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChrist+%28title%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-53">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0512/16/ltm.02.html">American Morning: A Conversation With Reverend Franklin Graham</a>, CNN (December 16, 2005). Retrieved on December 29, 2009.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-54">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Martin, Roland (December 20, 2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/12/20/roland.martin/index.html">Commentary: You can't take Christ out of Christmas</a>, CNN. Retrieved on December 29, 2009.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(9)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Christ_(title)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=16" title="Edit section: Further reading" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-9 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-9"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid 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</div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFArmentroutBoak_Slocum2005" class="citation cs2">Armentrout, Donald S.; Boak Slocum, Robert (2005), <i>An Episcopal dictionary of the church</i>, Church Publishing, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-89869-211-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-89869-211-2"><bdi>978-0-89869-211-2</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=An+Episcopal+dictionary+of+the+church&amp;rft.pub=Church+Publishing&amp;rft.date=2005&amp;rft.isbn=978-0-89869-211-2&amp;rft.aulast=Armentrout&amp;rft.aufirst=Donald+S.&amp;rft.au=Boak+Slocum%2C+Robert&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChrist+%28title%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBirdEvansGathercole2014" class="citation cs2">Bird, Michael F.; Evans, Craig A.; Gathercole, Simon (2014), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=JGy2AgAAQBAJ&amp;pg=PT134">"Endnotes – Chapter 1"</a>, <i>How God Became Jesus: The Real Origins of Belief in Jesus' Divine Nature – A Response to Bart Ehrman</i>, Zondervan, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-310-51961-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-310-51961-4"><bdi>978-0-310-51961-4</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=bookitem&amp;rft.atitle=Endnotes+%E2%80%93+Chapter+1&amp;rft.btitle=How+God+Became+Jesus%3A+The+Real+Origins+of+Belief+in+Jesus%27+Divine+Nature+%E2%80%93+A+Response+to+Bart+Ehrman&amp;rft.pub=Zondervan&amp;rft.date=2014&amp;rft.isbn=978-0-310-51961-4&amp;rft.aulast=Bird&amp;rft.aufirst=Michael+F.&amp;rft.au=Evans%2C+Craig+A.&amp;rft.au=Gathercole%2C+Simon&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DJGy2AgAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPT134&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChrist+%28title%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBeversluis2000" class="citation cs2">Beversluis, Joel Diederik (2000), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/sourcebookofworl00beve"><i>Sourcebook of the world's religions</i></a>, New World Library, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-57731-121-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-57731-121-8"><bdi>978-1-57731-121-8</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Sourcebook+of+the+world%27s+religions&amp;rft.pub=New+World+Library&amp;rft.date=2000&amp;rft.isbn=978-1-57731-121-8&amp;rft.aulast=Beversluis&amp;rft.aufirst=Joel+Diederik&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fsourcebookofworl00beve&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChrist+%28title%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCullmann1959" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Cullmann" title="Oscar Cullmann">Cullmann, Oscar</a> (1959). <i>The Christology of the New Testament</i>. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-664-24351-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-664-24351-7"><bdi>978-0-664-24351-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=The+Christology+of+the+New+Testament&amp;rft.place=Louisville&amp;rft.pub=Westminster+John+Knox+Press&amp;rft.date=1959&amp;rft.isbn=978-0-664-24351-7&amp;rft.aulast=Cullmann&amp;rft.aufirst=Oscar&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChrist+%28title%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDavis1990" class="citation cs2">Davis, Leo Donald (1990), <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/firstsevenec_davi_1990_000_6702418"><i>The First Seven Ecumenical Councils (325–787): Their History and Theology (Theology and Life Series 21)</i></a></span>, Collegeville, MN: Michael Glazier/Liturgical Press, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8146-5616-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8146-5616-7"><bdi>978-0-8146-5616-7</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=The+First+Seven+Ecumenical+Councils+%28325%E2%80%93787%29%3A+Their+History+and+Theology+%28Theology+and+Life+Series+21%29&amp;rft.place=Collegeville%2C+MN&amp;rft.pub=Michael+Glazier%2FLiturgical+Press&amp;rft.date=1990&amp;rft.isbn=978-0-8146-5616-7&amp;rft.aulast=Davis&amp;rft.aufirst=Leo+Donald&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Ffirstsevenec_davi_1990_000_6702418&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChrist+%28title%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEhrman2014" class="citation cs2">Ehrman, Bart (2014), <i>How Jesus became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee</i>, Harper Collins</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=How+Jesus+became+God%3A+The+Exaltation+of+a+Jewish+Preacher+from+Galilee&amp;rft.pub=Harper+Collins&amp;rft.date=2014&amp;rft.aulast=Ehrman&amp;rft.aufirst=Bart&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChrist+%28title%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEspínNickoloff2007" class="citation cs2">Espín, Orlando O.; Nickoloff, James B. (2007), <i>An introductory dictionary of theology and religious studies</i>, Liturgical Press, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8146-5856-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8146-5856-7"><bdi>978-0-8146-5856-7</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=An+introductory+dictionary+of+theology+and+religious+studies&amp;rft.pub=Liturgical+Press&amp;rft.date=2007&amp;rft.isbn=978-0-8146-5856-7&amp;rft.aulast=Esp%C3%ADn&amp;rft.aufirst=Orlando+O.&amp;rft.au=Nickoloff%2C+James+B.&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChrist+%28title%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFuller1965" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Reginald_H._Fuller#The_Foundations_of_New_Testament_Christology_(1965)" title="Reginald H. Fuller">Fuller, Reginald H.</a> (1965). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/foundationsofnew00full"><i>The Foundations of New Testament Christology</i></a></span>. New York: Scribners. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-684-15532-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-684-15532-X"><bdi>0-684-15532-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=The+Foundations+of+New+Testament+Christology&amp;rft.place=New+York&amp;rft.pub=Scribners&amp;rft.date=1965&amp;rft.isbn=0-684-15532-X&amp;rft.aulast=Fuller&amp;rft.aufirst=Reginald+H.&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Ffoundationsofnew00full&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChrist+%28title%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGreene2004" class="citation book cs1">Greene, Colin J.D. (2004). <i>Christology in Cultural Perspective: Marking Out the Horizons</i>. Grand Rapids: <a href="/wiki/William_B._Eerdmans_Publishing_Company" title="William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company">Eerdmans Publishing</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8028-2792-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-8028-2792-6"><bdi>0-8028-2792-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Christology+in+Cultural+Perspective%3A+Marking+Out+the+Horizons&amp;rft.place=Grand+Rapids&amp;rft.pub=Eerdmans+Publishing&amp;rft.date=2004&amp;rft.isbn=0-8028-2792-6&amp;rft.aulast=Greene&amp;rft.aufirst=Colin+J.D.&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChrist+%28title%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKingsbury1989" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Dean_Kingsbury" title="Jack Dean Kingsbury">Kingsbury, Jack Dean</a> (1989). <i>The Christology of Mark's Gospel</i>. Philadelphia: Fortress Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4514-1007-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4514-1007-5"><bdi>978-1-4514-1007-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=The+Christology+of+Mark%27s+Gospel&amp;rft.place=Philadelphia&amp;rft.pub=Fortress+Press&amp;rft.date=1989&amp;rft.isbn=978-1-4514-1007-5&amp;rft.aulast=Kingsbury&amp;rft.aufirst=Jack+Dean&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChrist+%28title%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFO'Collins2009" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Gerald_O%27Collins" title="Gerald O'Collins">O'Collins, Gerald</a> (2009). <a href="/wiki/Christology:_A_Biblical,_Historical,_and_Systematic_Study_of_Jesus" title="Christology: A Biblical, Historical, and Systematic Study of Jesus"><i>Christology: A Biblical, Historical, and Systematic Study of Jesus</i></a>. Oxford: <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" title="Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-955787-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-955787-5"><bdi>978-0-19-955787-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Christology%3A+A+Biblical%2C+Historical%2C+and+Systematic+Study+of+Jesus&amp;rft.place=Oxford&amp;rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&amp;rft.date=2009&amp;rft.isbn=978-0-19-955787-5&amp;rft.aulast=O%27Collins&amp;rft.aufirst=Gerald&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChrist+%28title%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRamm1993" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Ramm" title="Bernard Ramm">Ramm, Bernard L.</a> (1993), "Christology at the Center", <i>An Evangelical Christology: Ecumenic and Historic</i>, Regent College Publishing, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781573830089" title="Special:BookSources/9781573830089"><bdi>9781573830089</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=bookitem&amp;rft.atitle=Christology+at+the+Center&amp;rft.btitle=An+Evangelical+Christology%3A+Ecumenic+and+Historic&amp;rft.pub=Regent+College+Publishing&amp;rft.date=1993&amp;rft.isbn=9781573830089&amp;rft.aulast=Ramm&amp;rft.aufirst=Bernard+L.&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChrist+%28title%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFReeves2015" class="citation book cs1">Reeves, Michael (2015). <i>Rejoicing in Christ</i>. IVP. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8308-4022-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8308-4022-9"><bdi>978-0-8308-4022-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Rejoicing+in+Christ&amp;rft.pub=IVP&amp;rft.date=2015&amp;rft.isbn=978-0-8308-4022-9&amp;rft.aulast=Reeves&amp;rft.aufirst=Michael&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChrist+%28title%29" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-title,.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow{padding:0.25em 1em;line-height:1.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group{white-space:nowrap;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{background-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list{line-height:1.5em;border-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list-with-group{text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid}.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-group,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-image,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-list{border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title{background-color:#ccf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-title{background-color:#ddf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-abovebelow{background-color:#e6e6ff}.mw-parser-output .navbox-even{background-color:#f7f7f7}.mw-parser-output .navbox-odd{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ul,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ul{padding:0.125em 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbar{display:block;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title .navbar{float:left;text-align:left;margin-right:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .navbox-image img{max-width:none!important}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .navbox{display:none!important}}</style></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div> <!-- NewPP limit report Parsed by mw‐api‐int.codfw.main‐849f99967d‐k9mjd Cached time: 20241124053040 Cache expiry: 2592000 Reduced expiry: false Complications: [vary‐revision‐sha1, show‐toc] CPU time usage: 1.405 seconds Real time usage: 1.738 seconds Preprocessor visited node count: 5980/1000000 Post‐expand include size: 206843/2097152 bytes Template argument size: 8359/2097152 bytes Highest expansion depth: 16/100 Expensive parser function count: 13/500 Unstrip recursion depth: 1/20 Unstrip post‐expand size: 314108/5000000 bytes Lua time usage: 0.906/10.000 seconds Lua memory usage: 17702857/52428800 bytes Number of Wikibase entities loaded: 1/400 --> <!-- Transclusion expansion time report (%,ms,calls,template) 100.00% 1514.130 1 -total 28.46% 430.915 3 Template:Reflist 14.98% 226.794 23 Template:Cite_book 14.19% 214.921 2 Template:NoteTag 9.81% 148.589 1 Template:Christianity 9.22% 139.670 1 Template:Short_description 9.17% 138.787 6 Template:Langx 5.03% 76.156 17 Template:Hlist 4.94% 74.789 19 Template:Main_other 4.87% 73.757 2 Template:Navbox --> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key enwiki:pcache:idhash:5185-0!canonical and timestamp 20241124053040 and revision id 1257031346. 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href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%96%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F_(%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A7%E0%A6%BF)" title="খ্রিষ্ট (উপাধি) – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="খ্রিষ্ট (উপাধি)" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ki-tok" title="Ki-tok – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Ki-tok" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%81" title="Хрыстос – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Хрыстос" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crist" title="Crist – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Crist" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristus" title="Kristus – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Kristus" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crist" title="Crist – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Crist" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristus" title="Kristus – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Kristus" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eml mw-list-item"><a href="https://eml.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crist" title="Crist – Emiliano-Romagnolo" lang="egl" hreflang="egl" data-title="Crist" data-language-autonym="Emiliàn e rumagnòl" data-language-local-name="Emiliano-Romagnolo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Emiliàn e rumagnòl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristo" title="Cristo – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Cristo" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristo" title="Kristo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kristo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristo" title="Kristo – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Kristo" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AD" title="مسیح – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="مسیح" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_(titre)" title="Christ (titre) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Christ (titre)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristo" title="Cristo – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Cristo" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B7%B8%EB%A6%AC%EC%8A%A4%EB%8F%84" title="그리스도 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="그리스도" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristo" title="Kristo – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Kristo" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristo" title="Kristo – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Kristo" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristus" title="Kristus – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kristus" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christo" title="Christo – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Christo" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristo" title="Cristo – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Cristo" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristur_(titill)" title="Kristur (titill) – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Kristur (titill)" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristo" title="Cristo – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Cristo" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristus" title="Kristus – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Kristus" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D3%99%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%85" title="Мәсих – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Мәсих" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yesu_Kristo." title="Yesu Kristo. – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Yesu Kristo." data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%81" title="Христос – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Христос" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christus" title="Christus – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Christus" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristy" title="Kristy – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Kristy" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristus" title="Kristus – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Kristus" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88" title="キリスト – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="キリスト" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nap mw-list-item"><a href="https://nap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristo" title="Cristo – Neapolitan" lang="nap" hreflang="nap" data-title="Cristo" data-language-autonym="Napulitano" data-language-local-name="Neapolitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Napulitano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristus" title="Kristus – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Kristus" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristo" title="Cristo – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Cristo" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesu_Kristu" title="Jesu Kristu – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Jesu Kristu" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%81" title="Христос – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Христос" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krishti" title="Krishti – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Krishti" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_(title)" title="Christ (title) – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Christ (title)" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristus_(titul)" title="Kristus (titul) – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Kristus (titul)" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%95%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AD" title="مەسیح – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="مەسیح" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%81" title="Христос – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Христос" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hristos" title="Hristos – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Hristos" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristus_(arvonimi)" title="Kristus (arvonimi) – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Kristus (arvonimi)" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristus" title="Kristus – Swedish" lang="sv" 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href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%81" title="Христос – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Христос" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ki-t%C3%B4" title="Ki-tô – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Ki-tô" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9F%BA%E7%9D%A3" title="基督 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="基督" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>粵語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a 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