Jesus or "the Christ"

cameo-d

What is the difference here?
Someone has implied to me its not the same.
Can someone explain?
Gopher

Jesus is a first name.
Christ is a title meaning anointed one.
When the JW's held their "Follow the Christ" convention (I think it was last year), many of us wondered if they were talking about following the anointed remnant, or Jesus himself.
cameo-d

So does this mean "the christ" could be....anybody?
Does it mean that "the christ" is not particular to Jesus?
When did this kind of definition come about?
Doug Mason

I have provided scans of the entries for "Anointed One" and "Christ" from Mounce's Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words (Zondervan) at:
http://www.filesend.net/download.php?f=5826238f45d04f2b86a3017d8e397a2c
Doug