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MarkA · 11-02-2010, 12:34 PM

The last item on this page sheds some interesting light onto the debates on this site about the words Chrestos and Christos and their appearances in ancient sources.

http://www.uc.edu/news/NR.aspx?id=12285

Toto · 11-02-2010, 01:08 PM

The essay does not appear to be online.

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Spelling counts: Orthodoxy and orthography in early Christianity
An essay by Walter Shandruk from the University of Chicago examines the ways in which Christ and Christian are spelled in Greek papyri. Chrestos, which was pronounced the same way as Christos, was a common slave name meaning “good” or “useful.” Confused by this, representatives of the Roman government often misspelled Christ’s name “Chrestos” instead of “Christos” meaning “anointed” or “messiah.” They also called the early followers of Christ “Chrestianoi” rather than “Christianoi.” The early Christians themselves went with the Romans here and often spelled their own name “Chrestianoi,” but they stuck to the correct spelling “Christos” for Christ's name.

11-02-2010, 12:34 PM	#1
MarkA Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 89	Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists The last item on this page sheds some interesting light onto the debates on this site about the words Chrestos and Christos and their appearances in ancient sources. http://www.uc.edu/news/NR.aspx?id=12285

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