{"id":54746,"date":"2025-11-13T21:57:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T21:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=54746"},"modified":"2026-10-26T14:24:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T14:24:21","slug":"what-is-a-christian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/what-is-a-christian\/","title":{"rendered":"Was ist ein Christ? Bedeutung, Glaube und wie man einer wird"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>A Christian is someone who follows Jesus Christ. We trust him as Savior and Lord, and the name says so: it comes from the Greek Christianos, &quot;a follower of Christ.&quot; The Bible records where it began: &quot;the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch&quot; (Acts 11:26). Before anyone called them Christians, the believers were disciples, and Acts goes on using that word far more often. The new name may have started as a nickname in the streets of Antioch, but\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>A Christian follows Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord; the name&#039;s meaning, what Christians believe, and how the churches say a person becomes one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-54746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":110818,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/ignatius-of-antioch\/","url_meta":{"origin":54746,"position":0},"title":"Ignatius of Antioch: The Bishop Who Wrote Seven Letters on His Way to Die in Rome","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"September 29, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Ignatius, bishop of Antioch, wrote seven letters under guard on his way to the beasts in Rome. 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