X should not replace Christ. X should not replace -anks. X should not replace -ects. X should not replace -ex.
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"In ancient Christian art χ and χρ are abbreviations for Christ's name In many manuscripts of the New Testament and icons, X is an abbreviation for Christos, as is XC (the first and last letters in Greek, using the lunate sigma); compare IC for Jesus in Greek. The Oxford English Dictionary documents the use of this abbreviation back to 1551, 50 years before the first English colonists came to North America and 60 years before the King James Version of the Bible was completed. At the same time, Xian and Xianity were in frequent use as abbreviations of "Christian" and "Christianity";"
i know it has a proper and noble origin. but if i believed that anyone knew that and was using X because of its origin, perhaps i'd excuse its being plastered all over everywhere. but i just don't.
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"In ancient Christian art χ and χρ are abbreviations for Christ's name In many manuscripts of the New Testament and icons, X is an abbreviation for Christos, as is XC (the first and last letters in Greek, using the lunate sigma); compare IC for Jesus in Greek. The Oxford English Dictionary documents the use of this abbreviation back to 1551, 50 years before the first English colonists came to North America and 60 years before the King James Version of the Bible was completed. At the same time, Xian and Xianity were in frequent use as abbreviations of "Christian" and "Christianity";"
Just a thought
i know it has a proper and noble origin. but if i believed that anyone knew that and was using X because of its origin, perhaps i'd excuse its being plastered all over everywhere. but i just don't.
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