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25 lines
984 B
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%christos.tex
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\ifdefiningfootnotes
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\DeclareFixedFootnote{\fnChristos}{CHRISTOS (Greek) and MESSIAH (Hebrew/Aramaic):
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``the Anointed.''
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\fnPar{}
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In the Hebrew tradition, anointing with oil was the act of consecration
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by which a person was set apart for a sacred office ---
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priest, prophet, or king.
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The MESSIAH was the long-awaited figure who would fulfill all three.
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\fnPar{}
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By the first century, ``Messiah'' had accumulated layers of expectation:
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a Davidic king who would restore Israel's sovereignty,
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defeat her enemies, and inaugurate the reign of God.
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Jesus consistently resisted the political dimensions of this expectation ---
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the liberation from Roman rule the people were actively anticipating ---
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while accepting the title on his own terms.
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\fnPar{}
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CHRISTOS is not a surname.
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``Jesus Christ'' means ``Jesus [the] Anointed'' ---
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a title that became so attached to his name
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that its meaning was already fading within a generation.
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}
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\fi |