In the life of Jesus did he mentioned that your religion is christianity? Does the bible say followers of christ are christians?
2006-12-03 10:21:06 · 14 answers · asked by shanipost 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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2006-12-03 10:22:56 · answer #1 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Acts 11:26 and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught great numbers of people. The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch.
1 Peter 4:16 However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name.
Christian means Christ follower... Jesus told us to follow Him.
2006-12-03 18:27:34 · answer #2 · answered by impossble_dream 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Bible does say this, but it wasn't Christ that said it.
The word Christian is used to designate followers of Christ. Words are only symbols for what they represent, so does it matter what followers of Christ are called?
2006-12-03 18:23:51 · answer #3 · answered by AT 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I doubt he would approve of most Christian sects. He was a peaceful philosopher and a healer.
Thomas Jefferson went through the Bible and took aside all of Jesus' direct quotes. He felt better.
No, centuries later, Constantine put together selected writings into the Bible and establishes many of the beliefs and practices known today.
2006-12-03 18:29:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jesus never said anything about "Christianity" because he was not out to create a religion. Christianity did not exist while Jesus was alive- it was created by those who followed him.
2006-12-03 18:47:54 · answer #5 · answered by lizzybh84 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, he probably called it Judaism because it was a new form of Judaism. The first Christians were Jews, after all.
The Gentiles, or non-Jews, started to use the term "Christian" to differentiate between the Jews who didn't believe in Jesus and those Jews and the Gentiles who did believe in him.
Same goes for Jesus' name. His name wasn't Jesus originally, it was Yahoshoah, or Yeshua. The Gentiles changed that too.
2006-12-03 18:24:17 · answer #6 · answered by . 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No - it doesn't it - but it doesn't make sense that they would while he was here.
And the followers of Christ referred to themselves and were referred to by others as "The Way" - in the Book of Acts.
As the church grew and developed different languages developed their words. Don't forget "Christians" is a term in the English language and Christianity is world-wide in every language - each language with their terms and words.
2006-12-03 18:27:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ten years after the crucifixion, the disciples at Antioch began using the term "Christian" to describe themselves. Tradition holds that Antioch was the first church St. Peter went to take over, after he left Jerusalem, and before he went to Rome.
2006-12-03 18:28:00 · answer #8 · answered by evolver 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
According to scholars, the term 'Christian' was first used at Antioch in the first century, after Christ's resurrection. It was origianlly used by non-Christians as a derogatory slur.
2006-12-03 18:24:01 · answer #9 · answered by Blooming Sufi 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes..in the book of Acts.
Acts 11:26 And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.
2006-12-03 18:22:46 · answer #10 · answered by Royal Racer Hell=Grave © 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I doubt jesus would ever talk about christianity as a religion, seeing as how it was started around 300 years after his supposed death.
2006-12-03 18:23:14 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋