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• Aten is the earliest name of a God associated with monotheistic thought. See also the Great Hymn to the Aten by Akhetaten.

• Shang Ti 上帝 was a supreme God worshipped in ancient China. It is also used to refer to the Christian God in the Standard Mandarin Union Version of the Bible.

• Ahuramazda "Lord Wisdom" is the name of the supreme benevolent God in Zoroastrianism.

• In the Hebrew Bible of Judaism, the name of God is YHWH and Elohim. See The names of God in JudaismIn Judaism, the name of God is more than a distinguishing title. It represents the Jewish conception of the divine nature, and of the relation of God to the Jewish people. The various Jewish names of God represent God as He is known, and represents divine.

• Jesus Christ is the name of God incarnate in ChristianityChristian cross and its many variations are widely recognized as an ancient Christian symbol. Christianity is an Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as described in the New Testament. Although Christians generally chara. Jesus is a personal name, and Christ means "the anointed" (translating MessiahThis article is about religious concept of Messiah. For the musical work by Handel, see Messiah (Handel). For the BBC television drama series, see Messiah (television). In Judaism, the Messiah "Anointed one", Standard Hebrew Mašia Tiberian Hebrew M&). Christians believe in a divine TrinityThis article concerns the holy Trinity of Christianity. For other uses of trinity see disambiguation. The Blessed Trinity is God, according to the doctrine of most branches of Christianity; the doctrine says that though God is one God, God exists in three, i. e. a single God manifest in God the FatherIn many religions, the supreme God is given the title and attributions of Father . In many forms of polytheism, the highest god has been conceived as a "father of gods and of men". In the Israelite religion and modern Judaism, YHWH is called Father becaus, Son of GodSon of God is a biblical phrase from the Hebrew Bible, and the New Testament. According to Christians it refers to Jesus Christ, whom they believe to be the begotten son of God. Son of God" in Judeo-Christian terms In the Hebrew Bible In the Hebrew Bible, and Holy SpiritThe Holy Spirit, from the Christian viewpoint,has a distinct function in the Trinity which, while related to God's will, is not God's will personified. The Christian and Jewish views of the Holy Spirit vary greatly. In the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) the.

• Allah is the most frequently used name of God in Islam. It originally simply meant "the deity", and is properly translated as "God" in English. See also 99 Names of God.

• Trimurti is the Hindu "Trinity". See Vishnu/ Krishna, Shiva, Brahma.

• Abraxas is a god uniting the dualistic concepts in Gnosticism. See also Monad.

• In Sikhism God is One Entity and has no gender. God is referred to as Waheguru, meaning Wonderful Lord; Satnam meaning True Name; On-kar meaning Creator. God according to Guru Nanak is beyond full comprehension by humans and can be called by an infinite number of names.

• In the effort to translate the Bible into every language (see SIL), the Christian God has usually been named after a concept that was present in the language before Christianity. God itself is an example of this, the word having earlier referred to Germanic pagan deities. Greek Theos was used for the supreme God even before Christianity, in the Septuagint, translated to Latin Deus by Saint Jerome. Other names of the Christian God that have a history of pagan meanings include Russian Bog, Finnish Jumala, Japanese Kami 神.

• Eru is the name for God as omnipotent creator in a fictional language of some influence ( Quenya), meaning "the One". It is not associated with a particular faith.