As a noun, Christian is an appellation and moniker deriving from the appellation "Christ", which many people associate exclusively with Jesus of Nazareth, when in fact the followers of Serapis were also
called Christians (see quote below.) The first
known usage of this
term can be found in the New testament of the Bible, in Acts 11:26 "The
disciples were called Christians first at Antioch." . The term was first used to denote those known or perceived to be Disciples of Christ.As an adjective, the term may describe an object associated with Christianity.For many this also means to be a member or adherent of one of theorganized religious denominations of Christianity. The term Christianmeans "belonging to Christ" and is derived from the Greek noun Khristós which means "anointed one," which is itself a translation of the Hebrew word Moshiach (Hebrew: also written "Messiah"), (and in Arabic it is pronounced Maseeh. According to the New Testament, those who followed Jesus as his disciples were first called Christians by those who did not share their faith, in the city of Antioch. Hebrew is the only known language to not call Christians "Christians" but "Nazarenes" , because Jesus was from the province of Nazareth, hence the name Jesus of Nazareth or Yeshua Ha-Natzerat in Hebrew). Also, because calling Christians "Christians" is like the Jews saying followers of the Messiah, and Jesus being the Messiah of the Jews is considered Heresyto them, Jews, and particularly Israelis rarely ever say Jesus Christin Hebrew because that would be heresy to the most ultra-orthodox Jews.
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