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Chrestians vs Christians
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eonxl

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April 10, 2017 - 10:43 pm

Hi.  I keep seeing references to “Chrestians” with some people claiming that it was an early cult (pre-Jesus) that later evolved into the Christians.  Others say that there is no difference and the names were used interchangeably. And still others say when it shows up it is just a scribal error (the scribe wrote an “e” instead of an “i”).

What is the truth about this?  

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May 17, 2017 - 7:41 pm

Antonius or Mark Antony is the biblical Peter.

We discussed the Mark Antony/Peter episode of Jesus Christ and Julius Caesar helping men with wind problems when crossing water by boat.

Peter: Jesus, you are Christ
Jesus: On you my church will be built.

Mark Antony: Julius Caesar, you are Parenti Optime Merito: Parens, Optimus, Meritus : [in Ancient Greek] Ktistes, Aristos, Chrestos.
[Upon these words, the Cult of Julius Caesar was built.

EXPLANATION:

I should be observed that linguistically, parens, “parent” or “father” and creator in the sense of “founder” especially a “founder of cities” is called ktistes by the Greeks while optimus is usually rendered aristos. Meritus, “meritorious” and bonus from which we get good, better, best yields optimus, the best, translated by the Greek word chrestos, a word whose classical pronunciation was already becoming replaced by the late Hellenistic christos.

The base of Julius Caesar’s statue had the words Parenti Optime Merito.
Greeks would have translated that into their language as Ktistes, Aristos, Christos.

This would not surprise anyone. Greeks were accustomed to addressing their deceased on epitaphs with the word chreste, “good.” For Julius Caesar [Jesus Christ}, the word fit perfectly because he was good, proven by his much acclaimed clemency.
Julius Caesar was even called good, Chrestos, “Christ” by Pompey the Great, his rival in the civil war.

But Christ means anointed.

Nobody would have gained anything by a possible confusion of chrestos-meritorious with christos-annointed; nor would they have taken offense because both priests and kings were anointed. Julius Caesar was a priest and by reputation, a king.

Christos looks like an abbreviation of Pontifex Maximus which Julius Caesar was (while Jesus was a priest on the order of Melchizedek).
What is Pontifex Maximus in Ancient Greek?
Answer: archiereus megistos

Abbreviation/Contraction in Capitol Letters of Pontifex Maximus which Julius Caesar was:

arCHieReus megISTOS = CHRISTSOS

= = =

The gospels are an abridged Hebrew telling of the life Julius Caesar, Christ.

One stab wound hastened Julius Caesar’s death.
One stab wound hastened Jesus’ death.

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