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Christian
A Christian () is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. "Christian" derives from the Koine Greek word ''Christós'' (Χριστός), a translation of the Biblical Hebrew term ''mashiach''.〔Bickerman (1949) p. 145, ''The Christians got their appellation from "Christus," that is, "the Anointed," the Messiah.''〕
There are diverse interpretations of Christianity which sometimes conflict.〔 Beal states that, "Although all of them have their historical roots in Christian theology and tradition, and although most would identify themselves as Christian, many would not identify others within the larger category as Christian. Most Baptists and Fundamentalists, for example, would not acknowledge Mormonism or Christian Science as Christian. In fact, the nearly 77 percent of Americans who self-identify as Christian are a diverse ''pluribus'' of ''Christianities'' that are far from any collective unity."〕 However, "Whatever else they might disagree about, Christians are at least united in believing that Jesus has a unique significance."〔 The term "Christian" is also used adjectivally to describe anything associated with Christianity, or in a proverbial sense "all that is noble, and good, and Christ-like." It is also used as a label to identify people who associate with the cultural aspects of Christianity, irrespective of personal religious beliefs or practices.
==Etymology==
The Greek word (''Christianos''), meaning "follower of Christ", comes from (''Christos''), meaning "anointed one",〔(Christ ) at Etymology Online〕 with an adjectival ending borrowed from Latin to denote adhering to, or even belonging to, as in slave ownership.〔Bickerman, 1949 p. 147, ''All these Greek terms, formed with the Latin suffix ''-ianus'', exactly as the Latin words of the same derivation, express the idea that the men or things referred to, belong to the person to whose name the suffix is added.''
p. 145, ''In Latin this suffix produced proper names of the type ''Marcianus'' and, on the other hand, derivatives from the name of a person, which referred to his belongings, like ''fundus Narcissianus'', or, by extension, to his adherents, ''Ciceroniani.〕 In the Greek Septuagint, ''christos'' was used to translate the Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (''(unicode:Mašíaḥ),'' messiah), meaning "(who is ) anointed."〔(Messiah ) at Etymology Online〕 In other European languages, equivalent words to Christian are likewise derived from the Greek, such as ''Chrétien'' in French and ''Cristiano'' in Spanish.
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