Chrestus

Sarus

The Archangel Sarus is foremost in showing us the essential character of Chrestus.

However we can also see Chrestus through the worthy saints especially through Saint Zartus, Saint Jesus and Saint Georgius, who are known as the Saintly Trinity.

Sarus is the Archangel who Listens to the needs of living beings and acts as an obedient servant for their benefit. Sarus has been compared to the Abramochristian conception of the Divine Jesus and also St.Michael as the leader of the spiritual battle.
Sarus (or sometimes Saros) is the listener who is sensitive to the souls of all creatures and thus provides guidance as to the best moral path of action.

Sarus has a sensitive soul and a deep interest in individuals. He understand people and has respect for their innate dignity. He tries to help everybody and especially those in greatest need.

Sarus is the divine Listener. He listens to the nature and needs of individual beings and responds accordingly. He is also called the Obedient, because he obeys the requirements of the situation as he hears it and not any separate personal will.

Sarus is the divine personality that desires to be of service to individual people. He is concerned to uphold the dignity of all, and is willing to sacrifice himself so that others can escape the full consequences of their actions. Sarus pays attention to individuals one at a time and seeks to save them from their sins.

Sarus is a teacher to us. Because of his empathy and knowledge of all beings and desire to help them he is a worthy teacher of morality.

Sarus is like a monk who serves the individuals he comes across.

Sarus the Listener. Sarus is a sensitive character and easily sees himself in the place of others. He feels the experience of each individual soul and desires that the best thing happens to them for their development and happiness.


Chrestus and Jesus

We can describe someone as Chrestus if they are a good and useful person, someone who works to support the flourishing of life.

Historically among the ancient speakers of the Greek language a person was given the title Chrestus if they were considered an exceptionally good and useful person. Jesus was called Chrestus (the Good) as well as Christus which meant annointed. The two words sounded similar when spoken and were confused.

Zorochristians don't believe that Jesus alone can claim the title Chrestus, for Chrestus is a phenomenon that transcends any single individual. Neither Jesus, nor anyone else, is able to fully represent the richness of the personality of Chrestus. Over-identification of Chrestus with a Jesus in history provides a distorted idea of what Chrestus needs to be.

We don't believe that God calls us all to be copies of the historical Jesus, but that there are varied paths that we can take depending on our nature.

To recap: Firstly we believe that Jesus as a man came to demonstrate the idea of the divine saviour of the individual and that it is this divine being which can express itself through many people that should be the focus of attention, rather than the historical person.

Secondly we believe that the Jesus-personality cannot save mankind alone. We believe that we need additional personalities to work with him.

We believe that Chrestus Magtus can save mankind from the terrible predicament it is getting itself into. He can work as the divine saviour of mankind - to bring people out of a bad life of poverty, danger or slavery into a better life of freedom and fulfilment. He is the potential divine saviour of the world and its inhabitants if we work to pave a way for his arrival into his full glory.

amended Mar 4025 EHE
N.B. In common with many early Christians, Mithraists derive the word Christ from the Greek Khrehstos (Chrestus) which means a 'useful person' or 'good servant', rather than the similar-sounding Greek word which means 'annointed one' or 'Messiah'. The Mithraic Christ is not an individual person but a divine supernatural being who acts through those people who have the necessary character.