Well I am definately not looking for any arguments or pushing an extreme view - just some doubts !
If Jesus actualy named the religion of his faith when he was alive - what would he wanted the followers of his religion to be identified as ?
The cross is a material just like the Holy grail and others - why must a religion named after some material then the founder himself.
2007-11-28 23:59:45 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Vot Anarx - Jesus was identified as Jesus of the Nezerath -: during his time - the time for the birth of this faith and I belive not as jesus christ - which came to be known later
2007-11-29 00:06:12 · update #1
To everyone didi you all knew that christians are identifies in the ancient times as -:
"Nazarenes" (Natsri), because Jesus is described in the New Testament as being from the province of Nazareth.
2007-11-29 00:19:13 · update #2
Annie Granny didi you know about "Nazarenes" (Natsri), because Jesus is described in the New Testament as being from the province of Nazareth.
Well untill today the followers of Judaism identify what one calls christians as Nazarenes
2007-11-29 00:21:10 · update #3
You see - Buddha is identified in Asia as Mahatma Buddha - Mahatma means the Enlighten One - but the followers of his teaching are not called based on his tile or Mahamatian but as Buddhist - Christ is " Anoited One " - why called the foolowers based on that
2007-11-29 00:31:58 · update #4
Christian means follower of Christ = Jesus Christ.
Christ means "Anointed One", it has nothing to do with a cross.
You were not SERIOUSLY asking this, now were you?
2007-11-29 00:02:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Because Jesus is Christ. Christian is a very, very old term. People began to be called Christians when the Apostle Paul was still alive and traveling. Some scholars believe that the name Christian actually started with non-believers who used it as a derogatory term toward believers in Christ. Lo and behold, whether it started out as derogatory or not, believers in Christ suddenly had a name-- "Christian." I am proud to be a Christian.
† Cat--prayer warrior †
2007-11-29 00:10:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The followers of Jesus were first called "Christians" in Antioch less than a decade after His death and resurrection. The name was given to them as a slur.
"Christ" means "annointed". Jesus, the Christ, the Annointed of God. To understand this you need to know what annointing meant to the Jews of His day. Got a month?
Jesus never gave His followers a specific name to go by.
And Jesus, the Founder of this faith, being the Annointed of God: calling Him such is hardly naming the faith "after some material other than the founder".
2007-11-29 00:11:10 · answer #3 · answered by Granny Annie 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Jesus...the Christ...the Messiah...
Followers of the Christ.
2007-11-29 00:25:52 · answer #4 · answered by pugjw9896 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus did not name any religion. Jesus was his name. The Christ is who he was. So.........followers of the Christ are Christians.
2007-11-29 00:08:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋