The word "Christmas" means "Mass of Christ," later shortened to "Christ-Mass." The even shorter form "Xmas" - first used in Europe in the 1500s - is derived from the Greek alphabet, in which X is the first letter of Christ's name: Xristos, therefore " X-Mass."
About the X
Europeans in the 16th century started using X in place of Christ's name as shorthand for writing Christ. The Christian monks and scholars were knowledgeable of the Greek letter X, - Chi or Khi - which is the first letter in the Greek word "Christos" or "Kristos" (Greek: CristoV) The Greek and Hebrew word "Christos" comes out "Messiah" and mean the same thing: "The anointed One." For many years the X was understood by Christian clergy and as time passed, many Christians, educated and not, were not aware of the meaning. Over time the meaning became lost and was later of perceived as a sign disrespect.
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Sidhehswar
From India, Bangalore
32About the X
Europeans in the 16th century started using X in place of Christ's name as shorthand for writing Christ. The Christian monks and scholars were knowledgeable of the Greek letter X, - Chi or Khi - which is the first letter in the Greek word "Christos" or "Kristos" (Greek: CristoV) The Greek and Hebrew word "Christos" comes out "Messiah" and mean the same thing: "The anointed One." For many years the X was understood by Christian clergy and as time passed, many Christians, educated and not, were not aware of the meaning. Over time the meaning became lost and was later of perceived as a sign disrespect.
Note:
I AM SHARING WHAT WAS SHARED WITH ME!
Something u don't like use the delete key and move on
Regards
Sidhehswar
From India, Bangalore
Hi Sidhu,
This is a good information u have posted. As we were not knowing it.
I have asked the question to one of my friend who is Christian. He himself was not knowing.
Keep on sharing...
Regards,
Swati
From India, Surat
This is a good information u have posted. As we were not knowing it.
I have asked the question to one of my friend who is Christian. He himself was not knowing.
Keep on sharing...
Regards,
Swati
From India, Surat
Hi Sidhu
It was a good posting and new information to all. India missed its valuable information regarding the ancient medicines, martial art, and many more precious information which our rishis had with them. Since it was a practice in those days that a rishi will not share everything to his disciple, because if the disciple knows everything then he would surpass him, because of that India has lost many valuable insights into every aspects of life. In Vedas the persons who are not sharing Knowledge are called BRAHMA RAKSHAS, means the ultimate of all rakshshasas. So sharing is the ultimate which could really adds value to your personality.
Thanks for sharing.
Santhosh Jacob
From India, Madras
It was a good posting and new information to all. India missed its valuable information regarding the ancient medicines, martial art, and many more precious information which our rishis had with them. Since it was a practice in those days that a rishi will not share everything to his disciple, because if the disciple knows everything then he would surpass him, because of that India has lost many valuable insights into every aspects of life. In Vedas the persons who are not sharing Knowledge are called BRAHMA RAKSHAS, means the ultimate of all rakshshasas. So sharing is the ultimate which could really adds value to your personality.
Thanks for sharing.
Santhosh Jacob
From India, Madras
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