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Prepared by:
Richard G. Pazcoguin
UST Institute of Religion
“Whatever you ask in my name, I will do, sothat the Father may be glorified in the Son.If you ask anything of me in my name, I willdo it.” John 14:13-14
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Every name is a symbol. More than being a
title by which someone is recognized, a
name is a representation of its bearer. To
praise a name is to praise the person who
bears it.
We even go to the extent of equating name
with reputation or honor. To preserve one’shonor is to preserve one’s good name.
When our Lord became man, he needed to
be called by a name:
“…and you shall name him J ESUS.”
Luke 1:31
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The name given to Our Lord was “YESHUA”.
This was a late version of the Hebrew name Joshua
or Yehoshua.
“She is to have a son and you are to name him
J esus because he will save his people from theirsins.” Matthew 1:11
The name Yeshua means “Yahweh saves” or “Yahweh is Salvation”.
This name was common during our Lord’s time, but
when it became definite that Christianity was a
separate religion from Judaism, the Jews stopped
calling their children with this name.
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JESUS OF NAZARETH
(Jn.18:5)
JESUS THE CARPENTER
(Mk.6:3)
JESUS BAR/BEN JOSEPH
JESUS SON OF MARY
(Luke 4:22; Mk.6:3)
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The Greek word “Christos” means
“messiah” (Hb. “masiah”) or
“anointed one”. This title was given
to Jesus by the early Church as a
profession of what they believed
about him – He was the one whom
God has anointed to bring peace and
justice to the world by establishing
Kingdom of God.
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The description of the Suffering Servant is found
in the Book of Isaiah. The Suffering Servant is
the innocent victim whose unconditional
obedience pleased God and whose suffering
became the source of healing for wounded
humanity.
The early church, after witnessing Christ’s brutal
execution and his glorious resurrection from the
dead, realized that the suffering servant and the
messianic king that they were expecting were
one and the same person.
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The Jews believed that the name of God
was too holy to be pronounced by the
human tongue. In their scriptures, they
read God’s name (YHWH) as “Adonai” –
Lord. Therefore, in the religious context,
the title Lord belongs to God.
Calling Jesus “Lord” is an affirmation of
his Divinity.
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Looking into Daniel’s prophecy about
the coming of the Son of Man (Dan 7:13-
14), the Son of Man is the person who
will establish God’s kingdom at the end
of time.
Jesus is called by this title to emphasize
his role as savior and ruler of the world.
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In the Old Testament, the title “son of God” was used to designate the king
or the angels.
Jesus, however, is THE SON OF GOD.
He is the unique Son of the Father for
he partakes of the Father’s Divinenature.
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A word is a representation of one’s thoughts and of
one’s self. When a word is spoken, the one whospeaks gives himself to the listener.
God communicates to us through words. For
example, creation is a word of God. We learn about
God by looking into the Created world.
Jesus is THE WORD. He is the totality of God’s self -
communication.
WORD OF GOD=REVELATION
JESUS IS THE FULLNESS OF GOD’S REVELATION
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The Messianic King, whose coming wasawaited by the Jews, must be from the
Davidic line.
Jesus Christ was from the tribe of Judah,
the tribe of King David. Jesus was born in
Bethlehem, King David’s hometown.Joseph, the foster father of Jesus was a
descendant of David.
Jesus was called “Son of David” as an
affirmation that he indeed was the awaited
Messiah.
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The priest is the person who offers the
sacrificial sin-offering on behalf of God’s
people. Jesus Christ, by offering himself as
a sacrifice for our sins, once and for all
reconciled humanity with God.
As priest, Christ is THE MEDIATOR between
God and humanity.
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A lamb is a sacrificial animal.
Jesus is THE LAMB OF GOD
because like a lamb, Christ was
“slaughtered” for the forgiveness
of sins. His blood washed awaythis sins of the world.
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These are the first and last letters of the
Greek alphabet.
Jesus is the beginning and the end of human
history in whom we can find the meaning of everything.
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The Greek word for fish (IXΘY∑) served
as an anagram for a primitive Christian
Creed.
I – Iesous
X- ChristosΘ-Theou
Y- Uios
∑-Soter
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This symbol is the monogram of the
name CHRIST
The Chi and the Rho are the first two
letters of the Greek name for Christ:
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This symbol is a monogram of the name JESUS.
• It is from the first two letters and the last letter
of the Greek name of Jesus : IHSOYS
• It is from the letters of the Latin name for Jesus:
IHESUS
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The first Christians were not comfortable with
representing Christ with a cross. This was because
crucifixion was still being practiced as a method of
capital punishment in the Roman Empire. The cross
was a symbol of shame. Some of the early Christians
represented the cross with an anchor.
When Emperor Constantine won the Battle of the
Milvian Bridge, he attributed his victory to the Sign of
the Cross. As he permitted Christianity to surface
and flourish, the cross consequently became a sign
of Christ’s victory rather than of shame.
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In Greek, IC is the first
syllable of Jesus. InLatin, I and C are the
first letters of Jesus
Christ
In Greek, XC is the
first syllable of Christ.
It is by the IC and XC
that our Lord is
identified in the icons of
the Eastern Churches
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CHRIST BECAME OBEDIENT FOR US
EVEN TO DEATH, DEATH ON THE CROSS.
BECAUSE OF THIS, GOD RAISED HIM ON HIGH
AND GAVE HIM A NAME
ABOVE ALL OTHER NAMESSO THAT AT THE NAME OF JESUS
EVERY KNEE MUST BEND
IN THE HEAVENS, ON THE EARTH,
AND UNDER THE EARTH,
AND EVERY TONGUE PROCLAIM
TO THE GLORY OF THE FATHER:JESUS IS LORD!
Phil 2:8-11
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James Finley and Michael Pennock
JESUS AND YOU: DISCOVERING THE REAL CHRIST Ind: Ave Maria Press, 1977
Joseph Fitzmayer
A CHRISTOLOGICAL CATECHISM: NEW TESTAMENT ANSWERS
NJ: Paulist Press, 1991