Holy God the Son within the Holy Trinity / Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ Name and Title: Jesus Christ Greek Abbreviation - Capital letters is “Iêsous” or Jesus is “Kristos” or “Christos” or Christ - Small letters Anglicized abbreviation is IC XC IC is “Iêsous” or Jesus XC is “Kristos” or “Christos” or Christ There must be one bar above the two sets of letters. The bar above the letters means an abbreviation. The abbreviated letters for or IC are Iota and Sigma. The abbreviated letters for or XC are Chi and Sigma. An illustration of this abbreviation is at Melkite Greek Catholic Church Information Center, Holy Seal for Qurban for Holy Eucharist and the Antidoron http://www.mliles.com/melkite/qurbanseal.shtml Greek spelled out Form The first word, “Iêsous” or “Jesus”, is Iota, Eta, Sigma, Omicron, Upsilon, and Sigma. The second word, “Kristos” or “Christos” or “Christ”, is Chi, Rho, Iota, Sigma, Tau, Omicron, and Sigma. Other Languages Transliteration Iêsous Kristos or Iêsous Christos Latinized Iesus Christus Anglicized Jesus Christ Arabic Anglicized form Yasou al-Masiih or Yasou el-Maseeh New Testament In the books of the New Testament which are written in Greek, the phrase " Iêsous ho Kristos" or " Iêsous ho Christos" is used. The word "ho" means "the" as The Only or The One. This phrase translates as "Jesus the Messiah" or "Jesus the Annointed" or "Jesus the Annointed One".