Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ
File:Christ the Redeemer in Rio in Black, Red and Gold.jpg Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) in Black, Red and Gold
Titles	Christos, Messiah, Lamb of God, Immanuel, Alpha and Omega, King of Kings, Lord of Lords, Lord of Hosts (James 5:4)
Born	c. 6 to 4 BC in Bethlehem, Herodian kingdom, Roman Empire
Died	c. AD 30 or 33 (aged 33–38) in Jerusalem, Judaea, Roman Empire
Ethnicity	Israelite (Davidic)
Citizenship	Roman
Occupation	Carpenter
Parents	Mary and Joseph (legal father)

Jesus Christ (Year 1 of the Christian calendar - circa 30 AD), also known as Jesus of Nazareth, in Galilee is held by Christianity to be the Son of God and the awaited Messiah (or "Christ") prophesized in the Old Testament. He was put to death to death by crucifixion at the behest of the Elders of the Jewish people in their petition to the Roman Governor, Pontius Pilate. The New Testament commences with the birth of Christ. Both the Julian and the Gregorian calendars in use by Europeans world-wide commence from the year of Christ's birth.

Conception

Traditionally, Christians believe that Mary conceived her son miraculously by the agency of the Holy Spirit. Muslims believe that she conceived her son miraculously by the command of God. Joseph was from these perspectives and according to the canonical gospels the acting adoptive father of Jesus.

Etymology and titles

“Christ” is a title derived from the Greek Χριστός (Christós), meaning the “Anointed One,” which corresponds to the Aramaic-derived “Messiah”. The name “Jesus” is an Anglicization of the Greek Ίησους (Iēsous), itself a Hellenization of Aramaic ישוע (Yeshua). Christ is not Jesus’ last name as many suspect. It is his title. Christ means “annointed” or “Messiah”. Therefore, the word Christ designates that Jesus is the awaited Messiah of Israel. The language of Jesus Christ and first century Palestine was Aramaic.

Quotes

• Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and I myself have founded great empires; but upon what did these creations of our genius depend? Upon force. Jesus alone founded His empire upon love, and to this very day millions would die for Him. I think I understand something of human nature; and I tell you, all these were men, and I am a man: none else is like Him; Jesus Christ was more than man. This phenomenon is unaccountable; it is altogether beyond the scope of man’s creative powers. Time, the great destroyer, is powerless to extinguish this sacred flame; time can neither exhaust its strength nor put a limit to its range. This is it which strikes me most, I have often thought of it. This it is which proves to me quite convincingly the Divinity of Jesus Christ. – Napoleon Bonaparte as a prisoner at Saint Helena, 1820.

• "A teaching that does not come out of Nordic blood and carry Nordic spirit cannot spread itself among Nordic races. Since Christianity had become a successful religion for two thousand years only among Nordic races (not among Jews) and Christian ideas were the greatest culturally creative force in human history, it was simply impossible that Christ, the driving force of Christianity could have been a Jew." – Der Stürmer, 1938

See also

• Christmas
• Easter

Bibliography

• Richard Carrier: On the historicity of Jesus: why we might have reason for doubt, Sheffield Phoenix Press, Sheffield 2014, ISBN 978-1-90969-735-5
• Kenneth Humphreys: Jesus Never Existed. Can you handle the truth? Historical Review Press, 2005, ISBN 978-0906879146
• Joseph Wheless (1868–1950):
  • Is It God's Word? Kessinger Publishing, 2010, ISBN 978-1169800984 – first published in 1926
  • Forgery in Christianity. A Documented Record of the Foundations of the Christian Religion, Filiquarian Pub Llc, 2007, ISBN 978-1599869100 – first published in 1930
• Revilo P. Oliver:
  • Reflections on the Christ Myth (posthum)
  • The Origins of Christianity (posthum)
• K. D.: Christianity’s Criminal History. Daybreak, 2018, ISBN 9780359124565. An abridged translation of some chapters of the first three volumes of the magnum opus of the German author Karlheinz Deschner: Kriminalgeschichte des Christentums, translated from the Spanish edition, slightly edited by César Tort
• Ferdinand Bardamu (pseudonym): Why Europeans must reject Christianity, edited by César Tort, also represented in the book: C.T. (Editor): The Fair Race’s Darkest Hour

External links

• Evropa Soberana: Rome contra Judaea; Judaea contra Rome, Essays of May 2013, translated and edited by César Tort; also represented in the book: C.T. (Editor): The Fair Race’s Darkest Hour, Fifth Edition, 2019, ISBN 978-1387749027