Therefore I had a quick question I m not a religious scholar but something caught my eye in the intro to this article it talks about God s embodiment in Jesus and says Christians therefore commonly refer to Jesus as Christ or Messiah I was always under the impression that he s called Christ because that was his name Jesus Christ Is that not correct I know he s sometimes called Jesus of Nazareth Was Jesus of Nazareth his official name Did we kind of appoint Christ as his last name If I m wrong that s cool but it d still be nice to know the truth P