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their Creator.
A Nazarene priest was called a Rabbi.
Paul:
How, may you ask, did the word "Christians" come to replace the word
"Nazarenes"? The word "Christian" is traced directly to Paul who was a Roman
citizen, and is a word derived from the Latin (Roman) word 'Christus' and the
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Greek word 'Christos', both of which mean 'anointed'.
Who was Paul you might ask? Paul was not a pure bred Jew, his blood was
mixed. To achieve a position of rank within the orthodox Jewish authorities it was
essential that one must be of pure Jewish descent and Paul was not.
A Nazarene priest was called a Rabbi.
Paul:
How, may you ask, did the word "Christians" come to replace the word
"Nazarenes"? The word "Christian" is traced directly to Paul who was a Roman
citizen, and is a word derived from the Latin (Roman) word 'Christus' and the
14
Greek word 'Christos', both of which mean 'anointed'.
Who was Paul you might ask? Paul was not a pure bred Jew, his blood was
mixed. To achieve a position of rank within the orthodox Jewish authorities it was
essential that one must be of pure Jewish descent and Paul was not.