[internetworkers] The Passionate Maker of The Passion of The Christ

David Minton dminton at mindspring.com
Tue Feb 24 15:48:47 EST 2004


On 2/24/04 3:31 PM, "David R.Matusiak" <dave at matusiak.org> wrote:

> Has anyone else been following this media fracas with perverse glee?  I
> can't get over the whacky things Mel's Dad likes to say about "the
> Jews" and their "made-up Holocaust."  I also cannot reconcile his past
> Un-Christian behavior with the bull malarkey he is trying to pull
> today.  For your reading pleasure:
> 
> http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/entertainment/special_packages/
> passion_of_christ/7990308.htm
> 
> From a purely editorial POV, where did that extra "The" come from in
> the title?  Wouldn't it be "The Passion of Christ" instead of "The
> Passion of The Christ"??

While I am neither a Christian, nor a linguist, I believe that Jesus was the
fellow's name, and "Christ" was more a title, meaning "The Anointed,"
synonymous with Messiah.

David




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