What is the second name of jesus? Just that I hear a lot Americans use the term, Jesus. H Christ.?

Answer 1

Ha ha. Good one. :o)
Jesus H. Christ is an example of slang serving as a mild, often humorous profanity. The expression is most commonly used in a wry, sarcastic, cynical, or joking tone, although it may nonetheless be perceived as blasphemy, being a variation of "Jesus Christ". The expression jokingly implies that the "Christ" is a surname rather than a title ("Christ", meaning anointed, is Greek for "Messiah").

The expression dates to at least the late nineteenth century (although according to Mark Twain it was already old in 1850), and likely originates with the ancient Christian three-letter symbolism IHS (the Christogram).

Using the name of "Jesus Christ" as an oath has been common for many centuries, but the precise origins of the letter H in the expression Jesus H. Christ are obscure. While many explanations have been proposed, some serious and many humorous, the most widely accepted derivation is from the divine monogram of Christian symbolism. The symbol, derived from the first three letters of the Greek name of Jesus, is transliterated "IHS," "IHC," "JHS," or "JHC." Since the transliteration "IHS" gave rise to the backronym Iesus Hominum Salvator (Latin for "Jesus savior of men"), it is plausible that "JHC" similarly led to "Jesus H. Christ".

One factor in the transmutation of the monogram into the expression Jesus H. Christ may be that when the first syllable of the phrase "Jesus Christ" is strongly emphasised (as some speakers of some English accents may do when cursing), the rhythm suggests a missing middle syllable between "Jesus" and "Christ". The H may have been adopted from the monogram to fill this gap

The phrase "Jesus H. Christ" has been extended in many cases, both as a colloquialism, and in its use in television and film. For example, in the film The Blues Brothers, the character Jake exclaims, "Yes! Yes! Jesus H. tap-dancing Christ, I have seen the light!" in a moment of fervor. In Steven Spielberg's classic horror film Jaws, war veteran turned fisherman Quint frequently utters the phrase during the movie, usually in moments of frustration.

The variation "Jesus tapdancing Christ" is also frequently used in the animated series South Park.

A profane version using either "Jesus ******* Christ" or "Jesus H. ******* Christ" is also frequently used, though not as much as the original. In the movie Die Hard, the roof of a building explodes above the lead character John McClane, who cries out, "Jesus H. ******* christ!"

In the movie Fletch, they say "Jesus H. Christ on a popsicle stick."

In the TV series Hill Street Blues, SWAT team commander Lt. Hunter can be heard to euphemistically utter, "Judas H. Priest."

Another humorous usage of Jesus H. Christ implies that the H is the abbreviation for the name Harold, a play on words from The Lord's Prayer (the "Our Father")as if Harold is the name of Jesus' Father: "Our Father, who art in heaven, Harold be thy name ...", thus Harold is Jesus' middle name.

Answer 2

Jesus Holy Christ?

Answer 3

All Americans have an initial there as in JR Ewing and George W Bush etc And we all know that Jesus MUST have been american so it must follow he had a good american name like Jesus H Christ. ( Just waiting for the film george W meets jesus H!)

Answer 4

jesus' proper name was joshua ben joseph. ie, Joshua, the son of Joseph. Jesus is either a greek or roman version of the name Joshua (cant remember) and christ means king

Answer 5

I'm not really sure...

Jesus H. Christ might stand for Jesus Holy Christ? I'm not sure lol...

BUT Jesus is real everyone and it's a proven fact. SOO nobody post things like "He's not real" because you're WRONG and you're just unwilling to face the truth. Ok, I'm done now. =)

Answer 6

Our Father who art in Heaven
'Harold ' be thy name.

Jesus must have taken his fathers name, as His middle name, so its Jesus Harold Christ.

Answer 7

Hossana

Answer 8

Hugs

Answer 9

Holy

Answer 10

Hilts