scriptural

An Essay by Gerald Sigal It was in Antioch, Syria, that "the disciples [of Jesus] were first called Christians" (Acts 11:26). The term "Christian" (Greek, Christianos, "followers of Christos") is formed from Christos, "Christ," and indicates "Christ's adherent's," "those who belong to Christ," or are "devoted to Christ." It results from a common practice of the first century that identified adherents of an individual by attaching the termination -ianos (pl. -ianoi) to the name of the leader or