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== Names, terms & abbreviations for Christ ==
* '''ΑΩ'''
** "the Alpha and the Omega"
** from Book of Revelation:
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,”* says the Lord God, “the one who is and who was and who is to come, the almighty."
([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/revelation/1?8 Rev 1:8])
** the Alpha and the Omega refer to both Christ the Son and the Father
* '''Chi-Rho'''
** Greek letters C & R for the first two letters of "Christ"
** in Greek alphabet "XP"
** '''ΧΡ'''ΙΣΤΟΣ = "Kristos"
* '''Christ the King'''
** Christ is seated at "the right hand of God" ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/mark/16?19 Mk 16:19] and elsewhere)
* '''Good Shepherd'''
* '''IHS and the "Holy Name of Jesus"'''
** from the prayer, "[https://www.usccb.org/prayers/litany-holy-name-jesus Litany of the Holy Name]"
** IHS = from Greek for "Jesus" (ΙΗΣΟΥΣ), the first letters written out in English as ''Iota, Eta, Sigma''
*** "eta" is the Greek letter for "H"
* '''Jesus'''
** means "God saves"
** St. Paul wrote to the Philippians,
That in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those that are in heaven, on earth, and under the earth
([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/philippians/2?10 Phil 2:10])
* '''Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth'''
* '''''King of kings and Lord of lords'''''
** from [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/1timothy/6?15 1 Tim 6:15] and [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/revelation/17?14 Rev 17:14]
* '''INRI'''
** abbreviation for the Latin "''Iesus Nazarenus, Rex Iudaeorum"'',
*** = "Jesus the Nazarene, King of the Jews"
*** Pilot had it placed in Latin, Greek and Hebrew above Jesus on the Cross
** note that  "I" is the capitalized "i" not an L
** the Latin alphabet does not contain the letter "J", so "Jesus" is written ''Iesus''
*** same for second I in ''Iudaeorum'' for "Jews"
* '''Lamb of God'''
* '''Prince of Peace'''
* '''Sacred Heart of Jesus'''


== Vocabulary for Catholic Catechism ==
== Vocabulary for Catholic Catechism ==