CRISTIANOS, CRISTIANOU
Denny A Diehl
dd-1 at juno.com
Thu Oct 24 13:47:09 EDT 2002
Mitch,
> Is this word CRISTIANOS, CRISTIANOU meant to be a mean
> word? Did others call christians this word because
> they did not care for them? I see this word in Acts 11
> and 1 Peter 4 but each time I see it I don't see why
> people say it was a word that others used about
> christians in a bad way.
CRISTIANOS is a diminuative of CRISTOS. However, the
basic meaning is one who belongs to the party of Christ.
Also note hHRWiDIANOS (Mt 22:16) would be those who
were of the party of King Herod. Was it a negative term?
It would depend on who was using it. Tacitus, a Roman
historian of the late first century, certainly used it in a
negative way, but Peter used it in a positive since,
insomuch as one was to glorify God in that name.
All the best.
Denny Diehl
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