The last edition of Science and Health often uses the term Jesus the Christ, instead of the customary term, Jesus Christ, which we find in the New Testament. The reason for this may be found partly stated on pages 45, 46, 261, 262, of Science and Health; but some further explanation is in order.
The Master was not named or called Jesus Christ by his parents, as a man among us is named John Smith or Daniel Webster. His home-name was simply Jesus, which was as common a name then among the Jews, as James or Henry is with us. When another name was sought for,—a family name, to distinguish him from other Jesuses,—the boy was called Jesus Bar-Joseph—that is, Jesus Josephson, or Son of Joseph, as we should say; a phrase which has the same meaning as Aptommas, in Welsh,—Son of Thomas, —or Fitzjames, in Scotch,—Son of James. In the Russian the same idea is conveyed by the affix vitch. Vladimir Nikolavitch is Vladimir the Son of Nicholas; and this name is given to both serfs and nobles.
Sometimes, in reference to Joseph's trade, Jesus was called Jesus the Son of the Carpenter, or Jesus Carpenter-son.
