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Ben Blackwell has a post on \u201cJesus\u2019 Names\u201d<\/a> which includes the suggestion that the phrase \u201cJesus H. Christ\u201d comes from the use of IHC (the first three Greek letters of the Greek form of Jesus\u2019 name,\u00a0IHCOY<\/em><\/span>C<\/span>) in churches and their being misunderstood as Jesus\u2019 initials<\/i>.<\/p>\n