# Jesus "H" Christ

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-h-christ/522061>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [December 21, 2009, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-h-christ/522061 "2009-12-21T13:45:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Cold\_Moon\_Legend](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c37758/32.png) [@Cold\_Moon\_Legend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cold_Moon_Legend)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-h-christ/522061/1 "2009-12-21T13:45:32Z")

</div>

Am a bit surprised that this is such a mystery. Early use of His name in the English translation was often spelled both “Christ” and “Crist”. When the former had gained widespread acceptance as the “correct” way, verbal discussion of Him would carry the inference; Jesus “H” Christ, so as to define its proper spelling.

* * *

Link to Column: [Why do folks say “Jesus H. Christ”? - The Straight Dope](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/30/why-do-folks-say-jesus-h-christ)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-h-christ/522061/2 "2009-12-21T14:45:21Z")

</div>

That makes no sense on any level.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-h-christ/522061/3 "2009-12-21T14:52:45Z")

</div>

**Cold Moon Legend** , do you have any support for this (seemingly unlikely) theory? What’s your source?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-h-christ/522061/4 "2009-12-21T15:28:44Z")

</div>

Jesus “‘H’ as in Here’s How to spell it” Christ? Still seems a bit convoluted to me.

However, I did not know that the [spelling was revised and standardized in the 17th century](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ), so ignorance fought and thanks.