2007-07-12 10:57:23 · 22 answers · asked by Mahfuz R 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
He was Jewish.
2007-07-12 10:59:15 · answer #1 · answered by richincalciumandvitamind 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No.
+ Jesus +
Jesus is God the Son who came to Earth as a Jew.
The Catholic Church affirms the Jewish heritage of both Jesus and Christianity, "To the Jews belong the sonship, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises; to them belong the patriarchs, and of their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ."
http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt1sect2chpt3art9p3.htm#839
+ Christian +
Christian is a name derived from that of Christ himself.
The name refers to all those who have been anointed through the gift of the Holy Spirit in Baptism; hence, the followers of Christ, the members of the Christian Church.
According to Acts 11:26 "it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians."
Mary and Joseph believed that Jesus was the Messiah even before He was born. They were the first Christians even if the word had not been invented yet.
+ Catholic +
The Church has referred to itself as the “Catholic Church” at least since 107 AD (about 10 years after the last book of the New Testament was written), when the term appears in the Letter of St. Ignatius of Antioch to the Smyrnaeans:
"Wherever the bishop appear, there let the multitude be; even as wherever Christ Jesus is, there is the Catholic Church."
http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/ignatius-smyrnaeans-hoole.html
We do not know how long they had been using the term "Catholic" before it was included in this letter.
+ With love in Christ.
2007-07-16 00:38:27 · answer #2 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus is God...how can He be anything else? Think about that. The word Christian didn't come along until about 10-15 years after Jesus time on earth.
2007-07-12 18:01:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first people who were called "Christians" lived in Antioch, 30-40 years after Jesus' death and resurrection.
Oh. Jesus was definitely an Anglican.
2007-07-12 18:03:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
¬Neither. Jesus was a Jew. Christianity did not become a religion untill years after rose from the dead and assended into heaven. His apostles began teaching others what he had taught them. The Jewish people were split in half: some believed Jesus to be the Messiah they had been waiting for for centuries, some believed him to be a quack. Those who believed in him became the first Christians.
Incidentley Jesus was not considered the Son of God untill Constantine declared it to be so, centuries after Jesus' time, when he declared Christianity to be the official religion of Rome.
2007-07-12 18:02:22 · answer #5 · answered by BitterSweetDrama 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Jesus was a Jew. He was not familiar with the word "Christian". The followers of Christ were first referred to as "Christians" in Antioch, during the early days of the Church (see Acts in the NT)
The word "Christ" itself is not a surname. It is a title. It is Greek, and means "The Anointed One" (Kristos)
Jesus' actual personal name was Yeshua ben Yusef. (Joshua, son of Joseph)
2007-07-12 18:04:50 · answer #6 · answered by the phantom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, NO, NO, NO. Jesus was a Jew. He didn't want to start his own religion. He just wanted the other Jews to be more serious about the one they already had.
Christianity was cooked up by some Roman. He woke up one morning, pushed himself of that woman and those two men that he was cheating on his wife with, poured himself a bowl of wine, cursed the foul damned Jews for ever existing, counted his money, and said, "Hey! I know what would really piss off a lot of Jews!!!" And, thus , Christianity was born!!!
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2007-07-12 18:05:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jesus was raised Jewish. He was the Son of God...the human incarnation of God Himself. As such, I'm sure he knew His followers would be called Christians one day, but I don't think the word was used in His time on earth.
2007-07-12 18:00:42 · answer #8 · answered by doppler 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure Jesus had in mind there being protestants and catholics. It was all supposed to be Judaism.
2007-07-12 18:08:36 · answer #9 · answered by Joey Joe, yo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Catholics now call Protestants unbelievers while both claim to be guided by the Holy Spirit in everything they do.
Go figure.
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2007-07-12 17:59:34 · answer #10 · answered by wwhy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jesus was the perfect Jew. Until after His death there was not "Christian" word.
2007-07-12 18:45:46 · answer #11 · answered by lawlzlawlzduck 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋