CHRIST

Christ is the English term for the Greek Χριστός (Khristós) meaning "the anointed". It is a translation of the Hebrew מָשִׁיחַThe term "Christ" was a title rather than a proper name. In the four gospels in the New Testament, the word "Christ" is nearly always preceded by the definite article ("the Christ"). For centuries the Jews had referred to their expected Deliverer as "the Anointed."The term "Christ" carries much of its original Jewish meaning of "Messiah"—"one [who is] anointed" or appointed by God with a unique and special purpose (mission) on Earth. It was later in the first century that the title gradually became a proper name, and the expression "Jesus Christ" or "Christ Jesus" became only one designatio Jesus is a central figure in Western civilization.
The area of Christian theology focusing on the nature of Jesus as the Christ, particularly with how the divine and human are related in his person, is known as Christology. A central doctrine within the Trinitarian interpretation is that God took human form in the body of Jesus, "the Christ," and accordingly "Christ" is or was both fully human and fully God. Following from this association between God and Jesus, many Christians believe that belief in Jesus either qualifies them as inheritors of a special privilege or else provides for them a conceptual interface to God's being, such that translates to having a greater "personal relationship" with God. Further, these concepts of personal connection with God have claimed relevance to spiritual concepts including salvation, God's love, divine providence, and divine illumination