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The word Christian is used three times in the New Testament: Acts 11:26, Acts 26:28, and 1 Peter 4:16. The original usage in all three New Testament verses reflects a derisive element in the term Christian to refer to followers of Christ who did not acknowledge the emperor of Rome. [1]
The word may be misunderstood by some as being the surname of Jesus due to the frequent juxtaposition of Jesus and Christ in the Christian Bible and other Christian writings. Often used as a more formal-sounding synonym for Jesus, the word is in fact a title, hence its common reciprocal use Christ Jesus, meaning The Anointed One, Jesus.
Evangelion refers to the gospel in Christianity, translated from the Ancient Greek word εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion; Latin: evangelium) meaning "good news". Evangelion may also refer to: Gospel, a book on the life and teachings of Jesus Gospel of Mani, originally called the Evangelion (Classical Syriac: ܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ), a Manichaean text
According to Delbert Burkett, the Gospel of John is the only gospel to call Jesus God, though other scholars like Larry Hurtado and Michael Barber view a possible divine Christology in the Synoptics. [51] [52] [53] In contrast to Mark, where Jesus hides his identity as messiah, in John he openly proclaims it. [54]
The word "gospel" derives from the Old English gōd-spell [24] (rarely godspel), meaning "good news" or "glad tidings". Its Hebrew equivalent being "besorah" (בְּשׂוֹרָה). The gospel was considered the "good news" of the coming Kingdom of Messiah, and the redemption through the life and death of Jesus, the central Christian message. [25]
The Roman Imperial cult celebrated the gospel of the August One or Divus Augustus, a mythologized version of the first Roman emperor Octavian, also known as Augustus Caesar. [6] Augustus was both a man and a god, "a savior who has made war to cease and who shall put everything in peaceful order." [7] This period of peace is called the Pax Romana.
The Mystical Life of Jesus (1929) [m] – based heavily on The Aquarian Gospel where entire chapters were plagiarized; Essene Gospel of Peace (1937; 1974) The Urantia Book (1955) The Poem of the Man-God (1956) The Fifth Gospel (1956, Naber) [n] The Jesus Scroll (1972) The Gospel Given at Ares (1974) Gospel of Jesus According to Gabriele Wittek ...
[3] [4] [5] The Bible records that Jesus sent out his disciples to evangelize by visiting peoples homes in pairs of two believers (cf. Luke 10:1–12). [6] In the same text, Jesus mentioned that few people were willing to evangelize, despite there being many people who would be receptive to his Gospel message. [7]