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Originally Posted by Sam
Isn't "Jesus" His Name?
and the word "Christ" (Anointed One or Messiah) an office or a title like the word "Lord"?
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Yes, but there were many named "Jesus" in those days (actually the Aramaic original as Sheltiedad pointed out). So, we have to identify which "Jesus" so that heaven knows who we're talking about. And then we have to hope that our English barbarisms aren't too garbled for heaven to understand what we mean.
Of course it all really is a matter of faith in the end, because we don't really even attempt to do it the way the Apostles must have done their baptisms. Horse tank or fiberglass sauna, liturgical recitations or a simple shout; most of what we do is a reaction against some other denomination and not a real search for the Apostolic pattern.