{"id":20957,"date":"2024-11-25T05:03:56","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T05:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=20957"},"modified":"2026-11-05T17:45:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T17:45:10","slug":"xmas-meaning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/xmas-meaning\/","title":{"rendered":"Ist \u201eXmas\u201c respektlos? Das X ist der griechische Buchstabe f\u00fcr Christus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>No, the X in Xmas does not cross Christ out of Christmas. It is chi, the first letter of Christos, the Greek word for Christ, and in English writing X and XP have stood for his name for about a thousand years. Many believers still dislike it: in a 2014 survey nearly half of American Christians called &quot;X-mas&quot; offensive. Long before anyone argued over Xmas, Christ was named with Greek letters, and he chose two of them himself. The New\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The X in Xmas is chi, the first Greek letter of Christ. Where the abbreviation came from, why some Christians mind it, and when to write the name in full.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104406,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[78],"tags":[210],"series":[209],"class_list":["post-20957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biblical-debates","tag-christmas-series","series-christmas"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2338,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/church-mentioned-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":20957,"position":0},"title":"How Many Times Is &#8220;Church&#8221; in the Bible? 77 Times in the KJV, All in the New Testament","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Mai 24, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Church\" appears 77 times in the KJV and \"churches\" 37, all in the New Testament. The first is Matthew 16:18. 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