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Christ as Messiah

The long-awaited anointed one of Israel's promise, recognized in a Galilean teacher

Christ as Messiah holds that Jesus is the anointed one promised in Israel's scriptures, the one who fulfills the messianic hope. The Greek "Christos" translates the Hebrew "Mashiach," both meaning anointed. The Gospels and Acts present Jesus in these terms, and early writers such as Justin Martyr argued in his Dialogue with Trypho that Israel's prophecies pointed to him. This claim stands at the heart of Christian identity.

How it traveled

  1. Hebrews
    Rome · 67
    applies
  2. Romans
    Corinth · 67
    explains
  3. Mark
    Rome · 68
    explains
  4. Matthew
    Antioch · 80
    explains
  5. Luke
    Rome · 84
    explains
  6. Acts
    Rome · 84
    explains
  7. John
    Ephesus · 100
    explains
  8. Revelation
    Patmos · 100
    explains
  9. 1 John
    Ephesus · 100
    explains
  10. Dialogue with Trypho
    Rome · 165
    explains
  11. The First Apology
    Rome · 165
    explains
  12. Against Heresies: Book III
    Lyons · 202
    explains
  13. Against Heresies: Book IV
    Lyons · 202
    explains
  14. An Answer to the Jews.
    — · 220
    explains
  15. The Diatessaron.
    — · 220
    explains
  16. The Gospel of Nicodemus; Part I.--The Acts of Pilate:  Latin Form.
    — · 220
    explains
  17. The Gospel of Nicodemus; Part I.--The Acts of Pilate:  First Greek Form.
    — · 220
    explains
  18. The Gospel of Nicodemus; Part I.--The Acts of Pilate:  Second Greek Form.
    — · 220
    explains
  19. The Gospel of Nicodemus; Part II.--Christ's Descent into Hell:  Latin. First Version.
    — · 220
    explains
  20. The Church History of Eusebius
    Caesarea · 339
    explains
  21. Aphrahat: Select Demonstrations
    Mosul · 345
    explains
  22. The Incarnation of the Word
    Alexandria · 373
    explains
  23. Ephraim Syrus: Nineteen Hymns on the Nativity of Christ in the Flesh
    Edessa · 373
    explains
  24. The Catechetical Lectures of S. Cyril
    Jerusalem · 386
    explains
  25. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  26. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  27. A Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  28. The Commentary and Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Galatians and Ephesians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  29. City of God
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  30. The Harmony of the Gospels
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  31. Lectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  32. Expositions on the Book of Psalms
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  33. Reply to Faustus the Manichæan
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  34. Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  35. The Ecclesiastical History, Dialogues, and Letters of Theodoret
    Cyrrhus · 458
    explains
  36. The Letters and Sermons of Leo the Great
    Rome · 461
    explains
  37. Treatise on the Incarnation (qq[1]-59)
    Paris · 1274
    explains
  38. Book Second. of the Knowledge of God the Redeemer, in Christ, as First Manifested to the Fathers, Under the Law, and Thereafter to Us Under the Gospel
    Geneva · 1564
    explains
  39. A History of the Work of Redemption
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
    explains
  40. a careful and strict inquiry into the prevailing notions of the freedom of will
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
    explains

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