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14-September-2008 12:50:27 - Christian For other uses, see Christian disambiguation. Part of a series of articles on Christianity Jesus Christ Virgin birth · Crucifixion · Resurrection Foundations Church · New Covenant Apostles · Kingdom · Gospel · Timeline Bible Old Testament · New Testament Books · Canon · Apocrypha Christian theology Trinity · Father · Son · Holy Spirit History of · Theology · Apologetics History and traditions Early · Councils · Creeds · Missions East-West Schism · Crusades · Reformation Denominations Catholicism Roman Catholic · Eastern Catholic · Anglican · Independent Catholic · Old Catholic · Protestantism Lutheran · Reformed · Anabaptist · Baptist · Methodist · Adventist · Evangelicalism · Holiness · Pentecostal Eastern Orthodoxy Eastern Orthodoxy · Oriental Orthodoxy Miaphysite · Syriac Christianity inc. Nestorian Assyrians Nontrinitarian Jehovah's Witnesses · Latter Day Saint movement · Unitarianism · Christadelphians · Oneness Pentecostalism Topics in Christianity Preaching · Prayer · Ecumenism Relation to other religions · Movements Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Christianity Portal This box: view talk A Christian listen is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic1 religion centred on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament2 and interpreted by Christians to have been prophesied in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament.3 Contents 1 Etymology 2 Who is a Christian? 3 In other languages 4 See also 5 References Etymology The word comes from Greek ΧÏ?ιστιανός khristianos, from ΧÏ?ιστός khristos meaning the anointed.4 In the Greek Septuagint version of the Hebrew Bible, khristos was used to translate the Hebrew מָשִ×?×™×—Ö· MaÅ¡Ãaḥ, messiah, meaning one who is anointed.5 The first known usage of the term ΧÏ?ιστιανός khristianos can be found in the New Testament, in Acts 11:26: the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch. The name Christian was thus first used to denote those known to be teachers or leaders of the church saints. They were disciples and followers of Jesus Christ. In the two other New Testament uses of the word Acts 26:28 and 1 Peter 4:16, it also refers to the public identity of those who follow Jesus. The earliest recorded use of the term outside the Bible was when Tacitus recorded that Nero blamed the Christians for the Great Fire of Rome in AD 64.6 Christian also means a member or adherent of a church or other organized group within Christianity. As an adjective, the term may also describe anything associated with Christianity, or even remotely thought to be consistent with Christianity, as in the Christian thing to do. In the United States, especially the South and Midwest, the word Christian may also be narrowly used as shorthand for certain denominations or groupings, particularly the Disciples of Christ, United Church of Christ or Churches of Christ; for example, First Christian Church of name of local town. Who is a Christian? This section does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. February 2008 The subjective definition of who is a Christian varies among people and Christian groups. Some believe that, to be a Christian, an individual must simply attend a church or participate in baptism. Others teach that instead a belief and acceptance in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is necessary. Some consider a Christian to be simply one who tries to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ. Some theologians consider a Christian to be anyone who accepts the Nicene Creed. This ancient text is accepted by Catholics, the Orthodox, Anglicans, Lutherans and all the remaining mainline Protestant Churches. Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, and many Protestants define a Christian as one who has become a member of the church through the sacrament of baptism. In these denominations, infants who are baptized may be considered Christians, although they are expected to make a personal affirmation of faith when old enough to decide for themselves. Evangelical and fundamentalist denominations do not generally practice infant baptism. Some teach that Believer's baptism as a repenting adult is necessary for salvation-the transition from non-Christian to Christian. Others do not believe that baptism is necessary for salvation, but consider it an act of obedience and identification with Jesus. They encourage youth and adults to become Christians by personally accepting Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour. These groups also use the phrase being born again referring to John 3:3 to describe becoming a Christian. Others consider themselves Christian just by adhering to the teachings of Jesus Christ, without being a member of a church and thereby not belonging to a subdivision of Christianity. Within countries where Christianity is the historical majority religion, the term is also used by some in a casual generic sense to indicate that they are not members of nor affiliated with any other religion - therefore considering themselves Christians by default.7 In other languages In other European languages the word is similar, such as Chrétien in French. The Chinese word is 基ç?£å¾’ pinyin: jÄ«dÅ« tú, literally Christ follower. As the identification of Christ with Jesus is not accepted within Judaism, in Talmudic Hebrew Christians are called Nazarenes Notzri, because Jesus is described in the New Testament as being from the city of Nazareth.8 Among Arabs whether Christians, Muslims or belonging to other faiths, as well as in other languages influenced by the Arabic language i.e. mainly in Muslim cultures influenced by Arabic as the liturgical language of Islam, two words are commonly used for Christians: Nasrani stemming from the Arabic ansar, as in the disciples of Jesus, and Masihi meaning followers of the Messiah.910 Where there is a distinction, Nasrani refers to people from a Christian culture and Masihi means those with a religious faith in Jesus.11 In some countries Nasrani tends to be used generically for non-Muslim white people.11 Another Arabic word sometimes used for Christians, particularly in a political context, is Salibi; this refers to Crusaders and has negative connotations.1012 See also Christianity portal Conversion to Christianity Christendom Christianity References ^ The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume IX, Monotheism; William F. Albright, From the Stone Age to Christianity; H. Richard Niebuhr, ; About.com, Monotheistic Religion resources; Jonathan Kirsch, God Against the Gods; Linda Woodhead, An Introduction to Christianity; The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia Monotheism; The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, monotheism; New Dictionary of Theology, Paul pp. 496-99; David Vincent Meconi, Pagan Monotheism in Late Antiquity in Journal of Early Christian Studies pp. 111-12, 2nd London Baptist Confession 1689, 2:1 1. The Lord our God is but one only living and true God; whose subsistence is in and of himself, infinite in being and perfection; whose essence cannot be comprehended by any but himself; a most pure spirit, invisible, without body, parts, or passions, who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; who is immutable, immense, eternal, incomprehensible, almighty, every way infinite, most holy, most wise, most free, most absolute; working all things according to the counsel of his own immutable and most righteous will for his own glory; most loving, gracious, merciful, long-suffering, abundant in goodness and truth, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin; the rewarder of them that diligently seek him, and withal most just and terrible in his judgments, hating all sin, and who will by no means clear the guilty.. ^ BBC, BBC - Religion Ethics - Christianity ^ Book of Isaiah Book of Isaiah, Chapter 53. ^ Christ at Etymology Online ^ Messiah at Etymology Online ^ Tacitus c. 55 -117 CE: Nero's persecution of the Christians, online at Washington State University ^ Becoming a Christian. Retrieved on 2007-10-25. ^ Nazarene at Etymology Online ^ Khaled Ahmed, Pakistan Daily Times. ^ a b Society for Internet Research, The Hamas Charter, note 62 erroneously, salidi. ^ a b Jeffrey Tayler, Trekking through the Moroccan Sahara. ^ Akbar S. Ahmed, Islam, Globalization, and Postmodernity, p 110. 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