What is Xianz?
The Faith Based Social Network! How do you pronounce Xianz?Xianz is pronounced (zhəns)
What does the word Xianz mean?"Christians" but with the letter z.
[X] = Christ [ianz] = ians
n.
I thought the X was getting rid of Christ's name...like in Xmas?
The word "Christ" and its compounds,
including "Christmas", have been abbreviated for at least the past 1,000
years, long before the modern "Xmas" was commonly used. "Christ" was
often written as "XP" or "Xt"; there are references in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
as far back as 1021 AD. This X and P arose as the uppercase forms of the Greek
letters χ and ρ), used in ancient abbreviations
for Χριστος (Greek for "Christ") (see Labarum), and are still widely
seen in many Eastern Orthodox icons depicting Jesus
Christ. As origins of the word go largely unnoticed by the
larger public, many people believe that the term is part of an effort to
"take Christ out of Christmas" or to literally "cross out Christ"; it
is also seen as evidence of the secularization
of Christmas or a vehicle for pushing political
correctness, or as a symptom of the commercialization of the
holiday (as the abbreviation has long been used by retailers). This
notion is greatly disputed. The occasionally seen belief that the
"X" represents the cross
Christ was crucified on has no basis in fact; St Andrew's
Cross is X-shaped, but Christ's cross was probably shaped like a T
or a †. Indeed, X-as-chi was associated with Christ long before
X-as-cross could be. The use of X as an abbreviation for "cross"
in modern abbreviated writing (e.g. "Kings X" for "Kings
Cross") may have reinforced this assumption. In ancient
Christian art χ and χρ are abbreviations for Christ's name. In many
manuscripts of the New Testament and icons, X is an abbreviation for
Christos, as is XC (the first and last letters in Greek, using the
lunate sigma); compare IC
for Jesus in
Greek. The Oxford English
Dictionary documents the use of this abbreviation back to 1551, 50
years before the first English colonists came to North America
and 60 years before the King James Version
of the Bible was
completed. At the same time, Xian and Xianity were in
frequent use as abbreviations of "Christian" and "Christianity"; and
nowadays still are sometimes so used, but much less than "Xmas". Learn
more at Xmas Wikipedia Here at Xianz, we allow you as a member to create a personalized
private networking community where you can network through friends,
family, their friends etc… worldwide using a set of specialized tools
developed specially for this purpose. Using Xianz is easy! You just have to create a quick profile and
add your friends to a personalized and private networking community just
for you. By doing this you will be able to see your friends, the
friends of your friends as well. No! Xianz is a special social network that allows you to make
friends, which can also lead to dating. You can meet other couples,
parents or just someone to hang out with. It is a special type of social
network that suits all types of social networking. Why not! Xianz is a unique social environment that allows you to
just make friends, or to help any of your single friends meet one or
more people. There is a big difference! Xianz is based on total networking
through friends, while the traditional dating services online today are
based on scanning through numerous anonymous registered member profiles.
Xianz allows you to see only those in your personalized network and you
can send or receive messages to and from those people connected to
people you are interested in or are interested in you. Using our
specialized tools you can contact them directly or ask your friends to
make the initial introduction for you. As a member of Xianz you have the opportunity to meet a lot of
people. However this will depend on how you and your friends use this
Christian community. The possibilities are unlimited. You can meet
thousands! Any new friend added by your friend or by you can result in
hundreds of other friends. Xianz is currently free but you will be limited with many features and services. You can always upgrade your membership. We have many to choose from for full access to all that Xianz offers. If your question is not answered here or you are having problems
with any feature of Xianz please use the Support Forum, Contact Forum Well we have two but it's a little tricky to get to both of them.
If you're in the chat room go to the Ask Xianity Room and ask him! Type
in "Where is the washroom" Also, you can click on Listings and take
your first left then your second right and you should see it at the top
of the steps. ;) |
