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: messiah
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or less commonly Christ Jesus
: jesus
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: an ideal type of humanity
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Christian Science
: the ideal truth that comes as a divine manifestation of God to destroy incarnate error
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For unto you is born this day in the City of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord.
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Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 19 Dec. 2024
This rescue device[?] protects the person who surrenders to the will
of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God,
since before Jesus Christ
bend all knees: the heavenly ones,
the earthly and
the subterranean, and every tongue
confess [to Jesus Christ].
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
While Christmas is, at its core, a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, over the centuries different cultures have blended it with their own histories and values—and of course, consumerist tendencies.
—Chad De Guzman, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
In the late 1870s, a land agent, William Flake, was sent by Brigham Young of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to help the Mormon colonies settle in Arizona, which was at the time just a U.S. territory rather than a state.
—Zach Bradshaw, The Arizona Republic, 18 Dec. 2024
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Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 19 Dec. 2024
This rescue device[?] protects the person who surrenders to the will
of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God,
since before Jesus Christ
bend all knees: the heavenly ones,
the earthly and
the subterranean, and every tongue
confess [to Jesus Christ].
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
While Christmas is, at its core, a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, over the centuries different cultures have blended it with their own histories and values—and of course, consumerist tendencies.
—Chad De Guzman, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
In the late 1870s, a land agent, William Flake, was sent by Brigham Young of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to help the Mormon colonies settle in Arizona, which was at the time just a U.S. territory rather than a state.
—Zach Bradshaw, The Arizona Republic, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Christ.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Christ. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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