That’s right. I just replaced the name “Christ” with the letter X. Am I anit-Jesus? Am I going against tradition? Am I supporting corporate denial of religion and becoming neutral to gods and trying to please everyone? No.
During my time at the great Lee University, I might have learned a few things. As most people who are aquainted with LeeU know, everyone has to get a minor in Worship-ology. Through traditional and painful chapel, Lee students are immersed in tradition and doctrine. Not to mention the countless hours of study in New/Old Testament, Ethics, Theology, Paul Connology and Benevolence. However, I narrowly escaped having to endure months of this through grace, called Summer Sessions. I met professor M. Fuller every day for a month solid. And his lecture was very easy going and had multiple out of test points that were most of the time exponentially more interesting than the actual lecture. These “commercials” kept us few in the class from drifting away in the 2 and 1/2 hours a day of class time.
So, back to Christ’s name being replaced? Well it turns out that this is more biblical than actually writing out His name! Back in the first few centuries of biblical canon writing, Jesus Christ as a name was considered holy; to the extent that they didn’t write out His name completely! The original documents of the New Testament was written in Greek. Christ’s name started with the Greek letter “X.” So, in reverance to the Son of God, abreviating Christ with an “X” was considered proper.
So, now when you see the phrase “Merry X-mas,” just feel a special reverance for God’s name. Make sure to tell your Pastors and your church leaders the good news!
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