I always thought x-mass meant after christmas. My father told me that the jewish dont believe in christmas so they use the X instead of of christ(christmas).
2007-12-24 17:25:45 · 7 answers · asked by roberzie 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
X is the Greek letter for Christ.
The letter "Chi" is the first greek letter in Christ (Christos).
It is Identical to our letter X.
2007-12-24 17:37:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 2⤋
X is the first letter of Jesus' name in Greek, so using X is actually an abbreviation for his name, and nothing is wrong with using it.
It has nothing to do with the Jewish people.
Χριστος =Greek for "Christ
2007-12-24 17:28:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋
It still means christmas to me.
2007-12-24 17:49:36 · answer #3 · answered by becomeblackbelt 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
christ-mas.is the celebration of the lords birthday.i think people over do it with gift giving.we are the ones that put to much gift giving into this celabration.it's people like xtheist,that i would love to see his face when he reilizes,that the lord really is who he says he is.that would be about the time the lord says "i know you not"as theist is starting his journey down the dark tunnel of hell.
2007-12-25 03:04:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Axe out Jesus.
http://www.jesusneverexisted.com
2007-12-24 17:28:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
The Mass of Christ.
Jesus Christ in Greek is ΙΗΣΟΥΣ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ and written in the English alphabet is "IHCOYC XPICTOC" or "IHSOYS XPISTOS"
Starting in the third century the nomina sacra, or names of Jesus, were sometimes shortened by contraction in Christian inscriptions, resulting in sequences of Greek letters such as:
+ Jesus +
IH (iota eta)
IC (iota sigma) (first and last letter)
IHC (iota eta sigma)
IHS (iota eta sigma)
JH (iota eta)
JC (iota sigma)
JHC (iota eta sigma)
JHS (iota eta sigma)
+ Christ +
X (chi) as in Xmas
XP (chi rho)
XC (chi sigma) (first and last letter)
XPC (chi rho sigma)
XPS (chi rho sigma)
+ Jesus Christ +
IX
IC XC
IHS XPS
JX
JC XC
JHS XPS
The Greek letter sigma has been translated as both "C" and "S"
The Greek letter iota has been translated as both "I" and "J"
With love in Christ.
2007-12-24 17:57:05 · answer #6 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i thought it was "x-mas"...
and its for people who dont believe that jesus is the 'son of god' but still want to participate in the consumer holiday tradition
2007-12-24 17:41:56 · answer #7 · answered by daria 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋