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Deity Figure Christianity
Jesus Christ
Iesus la Ἰησοῦς Χριστός grc ܝܶܫܽܘܥ ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ arc
Central figure of Christianity (c. 6 or 4 BC – AD 30 or 33)
- Child of God the Father and Mary
- Dated c. between 9 and 1 BCE – 7 April 30 CE
A god is known
by the accounts
that name it.
Accounts kept apart
Family
The family of Jesus Christ
Parents, consorts and children as the accounts give them. Choose a consort to see the children the stories give the two.
Accounts differ about a god’s family. Where they name different parents, the tree sets them side by side instead of choosing one.
The family as a list · 12
Kinship in an account 9
What this means
Parentage as a named source tells it. Not an independently established biological relationship, and different accounts disagree.
Does not imply an independently established biological relationship · agreement between accounts · marriage as a legal institution · exclusivity, or a single canonical pairing · shared parentage in every account · descent from the same generation in a single tree
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
- child of (father) child of: recorded as none
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child of (child) God the Father in Christianity, the first of the three persons of the Trinity, who begets the Son and from whom the Holy Spirit proceeds -
child of (child) Mary mother of Jesus Christ - parent of (child) parent of: recorded as unknown
- parent of (child) parent of: recorded as none
- partner of (spouse) partner of: recorded as none
- partner of partner of: recorded as unknown
- sibling of sibling of: recorded as unknown
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sibling of James the Just Jewish bishop of Jerusalem figure in Early Christianity
Family 3
What this means
A documented human family relationship. Not a succession mechanism, and not religious transmission.
Does not imply a religious affiliation held by the whole house · continuous rule · a shared religious affiliation
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Accounts
Where Jesus Christ appears
Each work is its own account. Where two disagree about a parent or a deed, both readings stand.
What this means
Works this figure is recorded as appearing in. Each is an account, not a chapter of one story: where two of them disagree about a parent or a deed, both readings stand and this site keeps the disagreement. The earliest account below is computed from these works, not stated by any source — a fact about which texts this collection holds and when they were written, not a date for the figure, who has none, and not a floor for the tradition, which is older than anything that survives of it.
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Written 631 CEQur’an
foundational Islamic religious text -
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Written 1st century CENew Testament
second division of the Christian biblical canon -
No date recordedGospel
book which describes the life and teachings of Jesus -
Written 1830 CEBook of Mormon
sacred text of the Latter Day Saint movement -
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No date recordedMiraculous catch of fish
two miracles of Jesus - No date recorded
Divine Principle
theological textbook of the Unification Church -
Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der von uns den Gotteszorn wandt ↗
Lutheran hymn -
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Written 1524 CEJesus Christus, unser Heiland, der den Tod überwand
1524 sacred Song -
He Never Said a Mumblin' Word ↗
Negro Spiritual folk song
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The earliest account held here Computed
New Testament written 1st century CE
A date for the text, never for the deity.Later works
Later works that name Jesus Christ
Written in 1500 CE or later, and not religious texts: works that retell or borrow the figure, not accounts of it.
What this means
Sorted out of the accounts by each work’s own recorded date on the source clock, and by its record not marking it as a religious text: the split is worked out here, not stated by any source. A religious text of any date stays among the accounts. None of these supplies the earliest account.
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Written 1928 CEThe Master and Margarita
novel by Mikhail Bulgakov -
Written 1971 CEJesus Christ Superstar
1971 rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Also in films, games and series: Heaven, Incident in Judea, Jesus Christ Superstar, Monty Python’s Life of Brian, Pilate and Others, The Last Temptation of Christ, The Master and Margarita, The Passion of the Christ
History
Recorded events
What Jesus Christ’s own record names in its history. None of the statements carries a date.
What this means
Events Wikidata records in a subject’s history, and the day a festival is kept. Not a complete history, and the day a festival falls on is not when it began. Each date is the one on the statement itself; an event with none is named after the line. It does not imply that these are all the events in its history, or that Wikidata ranks the events by importance.
Recorded, with no date on the statement
Connections
How Jesus Christ connects
Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.
Affiliation 3
What this means
Association with a tradition or school. Traditions branch, overlap and re-merge; this is not a clean single-origin tree.
Does not imply a fixed roster · that every account of the tradition knows this figure · personal belief at every point in a life · the practice of a population
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Succession in office 2
What this means
Who held an office after whom. Not parentage, not discipleship, and not universally recognised — offices are contested.
Does not imply recognition by every tradition · an uncontested claim · parentage · discipleship · an explanation of why the succession happened
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Transmission 21
What this means
Teaching passed from one person to another. Not biological ancestry and not automatic institutional succession.
Does not imply that the tradition began fully formed · that later adherents accept the attribution · biological ancestry · institutional succession · agreement between teacher and student
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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founded Catholic Church largest Christian Church, made up of 24 autonomous Churches in communion with the Pope, part of the Latin Church aka Latin Christianity a.k.a. western Christianity -
founded Christianity Abrahamic monotheistic religion -
founded La Luz del Mundo Nontrinitarian Christian denomination with international headquarters in Mexico -
founded Nazarene sect of 4th-century Christianity described by Epiphanius of Salamis -
taught Ananias of Damascus one of the Seventy Disciples of Jesus -
taught Andrew the Apostle religious figure of the Christian faith -
taught Bartholomew the Apostle Christian apostle and martyr - taught James the Just Jewish bishop of Jerusalem figure in Early Christianity
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taught James, son of Alphaeus one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ
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taught John the Apostle apostle of Jesus; son of Zebedee and Salome, brother of James; traditionally identified with John the Evangelist, John of Patmos, and the Beloved Disciple -
taught Judas Iscariot notable as betrayer of Jesus, one of Jesus's original twelve disciples -
taught Jude the Apostle one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus; traditionally identified with Jude the brother of Jesus -
taught Mary Magdalene follower of Jesus (–100) -
taught Matthew the Apostle Christian evangelist and apostle (10-74) -
taught Matthias the Apostle religious figure of the Christian faith -
taught Nathanael Follower of Jesus -
taught Philip the Apostle Christian saint and apostle -
taught Saint Peter apostle of Jesus Christ -
taught Simon the Zealot apostle of Jesus -
taught St. James the Elder one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus -
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taught Thomas the Apostle one of the Twelve Apostles in the New Testament
Identification 12
What this means
One figure treated as another in some context. Not literal identity in all contexts, and usually a claim by a third party.
Does not imply literal identity in all contexts · that either tradition made the identification
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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identified with Christ Child Jesus as a child up to the age of 12 - identified with Christ Jesus
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identified with God the Son in Christianity, the second person of the Trinity, begotten by God the Father, incarnated as Jesus Christ -
identified with historical Jesus Jesus as a historical person - identified with Jesus in Christianity Jesus, considered to be the Messiah and the Son of God in Christianity
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identified with Jesus in Islam penultimate prophet and eschatological figure in Islam -
identified with Jesus in Manichaeism Jesus considered to be one of the primary prophets and a redeeming and suffering cosmic figure in Manichaeism - identified with Jesus in the Bahá'í Faith Jesus as a Manifestation of God in the Baha'i faith
- identified with Right hand of God symbol of omnipotence of God
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identified with Salvator Mundi title of Jesus and subject in Christian iconography - identified with Yeshu individual or individuals mentioned in rabbinic literature
- identified with Yuz Asaf Ahmadiyya doctrine that Jesus survived the Crucifixion (congruent with other versions of Islam), moved to Kashmir, and died naturally in Srinagar
Documented influence 5
What this means
A transmission argued from evidence. Not shared symbols, and not a short path through a database.
Does not imply shared symbols as evidence · a short path through a database
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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was influenced by John the Baptist 1st-century Jewish itinerant preacher (Bible) -
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influenced Hannah Arendt German-American political theorist and philosopher (1906–1975) -
influenced Jerome 4th and 5th-century Catholic and Eastern Orthodox saint and Doctor of the Church -
influenced Paul the Apostle Early Christian apostle and missionary (c. AD 5 – c. 64/65) -
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influenced Santa Faustina Kowalska nun and saint from Poland (1905–1938)
Sources
Sources and evidence
Where every statement on this page comes from, and how each one stands.
70 statements on this record
- 9 Has references The statement cites something outside Wikimedia. That citation has not been checked here.
- 60 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it. 25 of them cite only Wikipedia: one source, counted once.
- 1 Hedged in the source The source said circa, allegedly or presumably. This does not turn that into a date.
Only this record’s own statements. What other records say about it is counted on theirs.
Three layers, three licences
- Text
- Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted, not merged
- Pictures
- Wikimedia Commons · each file’s own terms
Review
Not yet read by an editor here. Every relationship on this page is an import.
Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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