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I have a book that discusses Catholicism. I would like to know if there are any established resources that advise on listing religious names in indexes, where the norm is reversal of surnames and forenames. For example Christ, should it be:
- Christ
- Jesus
- Jesus Christ
- Christ, Jesus (THINKING DEFINITELY NOT THIS)
Also Popes:
- Pope John Paul II
- John Paul II
- John Paul II, Pope (THIS ALSO SEEMS WRONG)
- Paul II, Pope John (GETTING SILLY NOW)
Any advice would be welcome.
writing-style religion list-order
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I have a book that discusses Catholicism. I would like to know if there are any established resources that advise on listing religious names in indexes, where the norm is reversal of surnames and forenames. For example Christ, should it be:
- Christ
- Jesus
- Jesus Christ
- Christ, Jesus (THINKING DEFINITELY NOT THIS)
Also Popes:
- Pope John Paul II
- John Paul II
- John Paul II, Pope (THIS ALSO SEEMS WRONG)
- Paul II, Pope John (GETTING SILLY NOW)
Any advice would be welcome.
writing-style religion list-order
edited May 27 at 3:06
Sven Yargs
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asked May 26 at 14:57
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closed as primarily opinion-based by Cascabel, Jason Bassford, Edwin Ashworth, JJJ, Chappo Jun 10 at 0:10
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Welcome to EL&U. If you are asking for resources, you will probably do better on meta...but as it stands this question is unclear.
– Cascabel
May 26 at 16:00
I have looked at the other books I have to hand (although this is rather outside my norm). The problem is they use a footnoted form and no index, thus avoiding the issue. I have one book, Theories of the Mind by Stephen Priest that lists Christ, Jesus. But I have a block on this because Christ isn't a surname, it's a title and it strikes me as wrong to treat it as such.
– sketchyTech
May 26 at 18:53
You need a style manual, e.g., Chicago Manual of Style.
– Xanne
May 26 at 21:46
1
@Xanne, more precisely, one needs the style manual that is appropriate to the publishing project one is engaged in. If that style manual provides no answer, one needs to consult with the others involved in the project. The question has no definite answer outside a specific publishing project. On the hand, if the only thing the OP wants is a confirmation that 'Christ, Jesus' is an erroneous way of doing it, that is easy to answer: yes, it is wrong, because Christ is not a surname.
– jsw29
May 26 at 22:37
2
a confirmation that 'Christ, Jesus' is an erroneous way of doing it, that is easy to answer: yes, it is wrong, because Christ is not a surname But the index isn't provided to prescribe the proper form of address for people mentioned in a book, it is there to help readers find references to them, and Christ, Jesus may serve that purpose.
– High Performance Mark
May 27 at 7:42
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I have a book that discusses Catholicism. I would like to know if there are any established resources that advise on listing religious names in indexes, where the norm is reversal of surnames and forenames. For example Christ, should it be:
- Christ
- Jesus
- Jesus Christ
- Christ, Jesus (THINKING DEFINITELY NOT THIS)
Also Popes:
- Pope John Paul II
- John Paul II
- John Paul II, Pope (THIS ALSO SEEMS WRONG)
- Paul II, Pope John (GETTING SILLY NOW)
Any advice would be welcome.
writing-style religion list-order
edited May 27 at 3:06
Sven Yargs
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asked May 26 at 14:57
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I have a book that discusses Catholicism. I would like to know if there are any established resources that advise on listing religious names in indexes, where the norm is reversal of surnames and forenames. For example Christ, should it be:
- Christ
- Jesus
- Jesus Christ
- Christ, Jesus (THINKING DEFINITELY NOT THIS)
Also Popes:
- Pope John Paul II
- John Paul II
- John Paul II, Pope (THIS ALSO SEEMS WRONG)
- Paul II, Pope John (GETTING SILLY NOW)
Any advice would be welcome.
writing-style religion list-order
writing-style religion list-order
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closed as primarily opinion-based by Cascabel, Jason Bassford, Edwin Ashworth, JJJ, Chappo Jun 10 at 0:10
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closed as primarily opinion-based by Cascabel, Jason Bassford, Edwin Ashworth, JJJ, Chappo Jun 10 at 0:10
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Welcome to EL&U. If you are asking for resources, you will probably do better on meta...but as it stands this question is unclear.
– Cascabel
May 26 at 16:00
I have looked at the other books I have to hand (although this is rather outside my norm). The problem is they use a footnoted form and no index, thus avoiding the issue. I have one book, Theories of the Mind by Stephen Priest that lists Christ, Jesus. But I have a block on this because Christ isn't a surname, it's a title and it strikes me as wrong to treat it as such.
– sketchyTech
May 26 at 18:53
You need a style manual, e.g., Chicago Manual of Style.
– Xanne
May 26 at 21:46
1
@Xanne, more precisely, one needs the style manual that is appropriate to the publishing project one is engaged in. If that style manual provides no answer, one needs to consult with the others involved in the project. The question has no definite answer outside a specific publishing project. On the hand, if the only thing the OP wants is a confirmation that 'Christ, Jesus' is an erroneous way of doing it, that is easy to answer: yes, it is wrong, because Christ is not a surname.
– jsw29
May 26 at 22:37
2
a confirmation that 'Christ, Jesus' is an erroneous way of doing it, that is easy to answer: yes, it is wrong, because Christ is not a surname But the index isn't provided to prescribe the proper form of address for people mentioned in a book, it is there to help readers find references to them, and Christ, Jesus may serve that purpose.
– High Performance Mark
May 27 at 7:42
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Welcome to EL&U. If you are asking for resources, you will probably do better on meta...but as it stands this question is unclear.
– Cascabel
May 26 at 16:00
I have looked at the other books I have to hand (although this is rather outside my norm). The problem is they use a footnoted form and no index, thus avoiding the issue. I have one book, Theories of the Mind by Stephen Priest that lists Christ, Jesus. But I have a block on this because Christ isn't a surname, it's a title and it strikes me as wrong to treat it as such.
– sketchyTech
May 26 at 18:53
You need a style manual, e.g., Chicago Manual of Style.
– Xanne
May 26 at 21:46
1
@Xanne, more precisely, one needs the style manual that is appropriate to the publishing project one is engaged in. If that style manual provides no answer, one needs to consult with the others involved in the project. The question has no definite answer outside a specific publishing project. On the hand, if the only thing the OP wants is a confirmation that 'Christ, Jesus' is an erroneous way of doing it, that is easy to answer: yes, it is wrong, because Christ is not a surname.
– jsw29
May 26 at 22:37
2
a confirmation that 'Christ, Jesus' is an erroneous way of doing it, that is easy to answer: yes, it is wrong, because Christ is not a surname But the index isn't provided to prescribe the proper form of address for people mentioned in a book, it is there to help readers find references to them, and Christ, Jesus may serve that purpose.
– High Performance Mark
May 27 at 7:42
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Welcome to EL&U. If you are asking for resources, you will probably do better on meta...but as it stands this question is unclear.
– Cascabel
May 26 at 16:00
Welcome to EL&U. If you are asking for resources, you will probably do better on meta...but as it stands this question is unclear.
– Cascabel
May 26 at 16:00
I have looked at the other books I have to hand (although this is rather outside my norm). The problem is they use a footnoted form and no index, thus avoiding the issue. I have one book, Theories of the Mind by Stephen Priest that lists Christ, Jesus. But I have a block on this because Christ isn't a surname, it's a title and it strikes me as wrong to treat it as such.
– sketchyTech
May 26 at 18:53
I have looked at the other books I have to hand (although this is rather outside my norm). The problem is they use a footnoted form and no index, thus avoiding the issue. I have one book, Theories of the Mind by Stephen Priest that lists Christ, Jesus. But I have a block on this because Christ isn't a surname, it's a title and it strikes me as wrong to treat it as such.
– sketchyTech
May 26 at 18:53
You need a style manual, e.g., Chicago Manual of Style.
– Xanne
May 26 at 21:46
You need a style manual, e.g., Chicago Manual of Style.
– Xanne
May 26 at 21:46
1
1
@Xanne, more precisely, one needs the style manual that is appropriate to the publishing project one is engaged in. If that style manual provides no answer, one needs to consult with the others involved in the project. The question has no definite answer outside a specific publishing project. On the hand, if the only thing the OP wants is a confirmation that 'Christ, Jesus' is an erroneous way of doing it, that is easy to answer: yes, it is wrong, because Christ is not a surname.
– jsw29
May 26 at 22:37
@Xanne, more precisely, one needs the style manual that is appropriate to the publishing project one is engaged in. If that style manual provides no answer, one needs to consult with the others involved in the project. The question has no definite answer outside a specific publishing project. On the hand, if the only thing the OP wants is a confirmation that 'Christ, Jesus' is an erroneous way of doing it, that is easy to answer: yes, it is wrong, because Christ is not a surname.
– jsw29
May 26 at 22:37
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a confirmation that 'Christ, Jesus' is an erroneous way of doing it, that is easy to answer: yes, it is wrong, because Christ is not a surname But the index isn't provided to prescribe the proper form of address for people mentioned in a book, it is there to help readers find references to them, and Christ, Jesus may serve that purpose.
– High Performance Mark
May 27 at 7:42
a confirmation that 'Christ, Jesus' is an erroneous way of doing it, that is easy to answer: yes, it is wrong, because Christ is not a surname But the index isn't provided to prescribe the proper form of address for people mentioned in a book, it is there to help readers find references to them, and Christ, Jesus may serve that purpose.
– High Performance Mark
May 27 at 7:42
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The Chicago Manual of Style, sixteenth edition (2010) addresses the issue of indexing the names of "monarchs, popes, and the like" as follows:
16.37 Indexing monarchs, popes, and the like. Monarchs, popes, and others who are known by their official names, often including a roman numeral should be indexed under the official name. Identifying tags may be omitted or expanded as appropriate in a particular work.
{Examples:} Anne, Queen; Benedict XVI [pope]; Elizabeth II [queen]
So if you are in a position to follow Chicago's advice, you might add an index entry for Pope John Paul II as
John Paul II
or
John Paul II, Pope
or
John Paul II [pope]
As for the index entry for Jesus, I imagine that the simplest approach would be to use the entry
Jesus
and to add a cross-reference to that entry in a separate entry for Christ, if doing so seems useful:
Christ. See Jesus
However, Words into Type, third edition (1974) suggests a somewhat different test for judging how to handle entries for a category of people it identifies as "sovereigns, princes, writers":
Index under the full name if the person is habitually so spoken of.
[Examples:] Kemal Ataturk, Mark Antony, Omar Khayyam.
So if your book (and the people in your milieu) habitually speak of Jesus of Nazareth as "Jesus Christ," Words into Type seems to endorse rendering the index entry as
Jesus Christ
Other style guides that I checked had little to say about this issue, but I think that Chicago's advice is sound and at least gives you a reference point for treating such names consistently.
answered May 27 at 3:06
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Thanks for your answer, there is a good deal of logic here and has helped me to clarify some thinking on this.
– sketchyTech
May 27 at 16:08
Do you have any reference that might confirm the 'Jesus Christ' suggestion?
– Mitch
May 27 at 20:21
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@Mitch: No I don't. And the one potentially applicable reference that I did find (outside Chicago) invites a different treatment of an index entry for "Jesus Christ." From Words into Type, third edition (1974): "Index under the full name if the person is habitually so spoken of. [Examples:] Kemal Ataturk, Mark Antony, Omar Khayyam." So if your book (and the people around you) habitually speak of Jesus of Nazareth as "Jesus Christ," Words into Type seems to endorse rendering the index entry as "Jesus Christ." This is a significant enough point that I think I should add it to my answer.
– Sven Yargs
May 27 at 21:10
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The Chicago Manual of Style, sixteenth edition (2010) addresses the issue of indexing the names of "monarchs, popes, and the like" as follows:
16.37 Indexing monarchs, popes, and the like. Monarchs, popes, and others who are known by their official names, often including a roman numeral should be indexed under the official name. Identifying tags may be omitted or expanded as appropriate in a particular work.
{Examples:} Anne, Queen; Benedict XVI [pope]; Elizabeth II [queen]
So if you are in a position to follow Chicago's advice, you might add an index entry for Pope John Paul II as
John Paul II
or
John Paul II, Pope
or
John Paul II [pope]
As for the index entry for Jesus, I imagine that the simplest approach would be to use the entry
Jesus
and to add a cross-reference to that entry in a separate entry for Christ, if doing so seems useful:
Christ. See Jesus
However, Words into Type, third edition (1974) suggests a somewhat different test for judging how to handle entries for a category of people it identifies as "sovereigns, princes, writers":
Index under the full name if the person is habitually so spoken of.
[Examples:] Kemal Ataturk, Mark Antony, Omar Khayyam.
So if your book (and the people in your milieu) habitually speak of Jesus of Nazareth as "Jesus Christ," Words into Type seems to endorse rendering the index entry as
Jesus Christ
Other style guides that I checked had little to say about this issue, but I think that Chicago's advice is sound and at least gives you a reference point for treating such names consistently.
answered May 27 at 3:06
Sven YargsSven Yargs
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Thanks for your answer, there is a good deal of logic here and has helped me to clarify some thinking on this.
– sketchyTech
May 27 at 16:08
Do you have any reference that might confirm the 'Jesus Christ' suggestion?
– Mitch
May 27 at 20:21
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@Mitch: No I don't. And the one potentially applicable reference that I did find (outside Chicago) invites a different treatment of an index entry for "Jesus Christ." From Words into Type, third edition (1974): "Index under the full name if the person is habitually so spoken of. [Examples:] Kemal Ataturk, Mark Antony, Omar Khayyam." So if your book (and the people around you) habitually speak of Jesus of Nazareth as "Jesus Christ," Words into Type seems to endorse rendering the index entry as "Jesus Christ." This is a significant enough point that I think I should add it to my answer.
– Sven Yargs
May 27 at 21:10
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The Chicago Manual of Style, sixteenth edition (2010) addresses the issue of indexing the names of "monarchs, popes, and the like" as follows:
16.37 Indexing monarchs, popes, and the like. Monarchs, popes, and others who are known by their official names, often including a roman numeral should be indexed under the official name. Identifying tags may be omitted or expanded as appropriate in a particular work.
{Examples:} Anne, Queen; Benedict XVI [pope]; Elizabeth II [queen]
So if you are in a position to follow Chicago's advice, you might add an index entry for Pope John Paul II as
John Paul II
or
John Paul II, Pope
or
John Paul II [pope]
As for the index entry for Jesus, I imagine that the simplest approach would be to use the entry
Jesus
and to add a cross-reference to that entry in a separate entry for Christ, if doing so seems useful:
Christ. See Jesus
However, Words into Type, third edition (1974) suggests a somewhat different test for judging how to handle entries for a category of people it identifies as "sovereigns, princes, writers":
Index under the full name if the person is habitually so spoken of.
[Examples:] Kemal Ataturk, Mark Antony, Omar Khayyam.
So if your book (and the people in your milieu) habitually speak of Jesus of Nazareth as "Jesus Christ," Words into Type seems to endorse rendering the index entry as
Jesus Christ
Other style guides that I checked had little to say about this issue, but I think that Chicago's advice is sound and at least gives you a reference point for treating such names consistently.
answered May 27 at 3:06
Sven YargsSven Yargs
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Thanks for your answer, there is a good deal of logic here and has helped me to clarify some thinking on this.
– sketchyTech
May 27 at 16:08
Do you have any reference that might confirm the 'Jesus Christ' suggestion?
– Mitch
May 27 at 20:21
2
@Mitch: No I don't. And the one potentially applicable reference that I did find (outside Chicago) invites a different treatment of an index entry for "Jesus Christ." From Words into Type, third edition (1974): "Index under the full name if the person is habitually so spoken of. [Examples:] Kemal Ataturk, Mark Antony, Omar Khayyam." So if your book (and the people around you) habitually speak of Jesus of Nazareth as "Jesus Christ," Words into Type seems to endorse rendering the index entry as "Jesus Christ." This is a significant enough point that I think I should add it to my answer.
– Sven Yargs
May 27 at 21:10
add a comment |
The Chicago Manual of Style, sixteenth edition (2010) addresses the issue of indexing the names of "monarchs, popes, and the like" as follows:
16.37 Indexing monarchs, popes, and the like. Monarchs, popes, and others who are known by their official names, often including a roman numeral should be indexed under the official name. Identifying tags may be omitted or expanded as appropriate in a particular work.
{Examples:} Anne, Queen; Benedict XVI [pope]; Elizabeth II [queen]
So if you are in a position to follow Chicago's advice, you might add an index entry for Pope John Paul II as
John Paul II
or
John Paul II, Pope
or
John Paul II [pope]
As for the index entry for Jesus, I imagine that the simplest approach would be to use the entry
Jesus
and to add a cross-reference to that entry in a separate entry for Christ, if doing so seems useful:
Christ. See Jesus
However, Words into Type, third edition (1974) suggests a somewhat different test for judging how to handle entries for a category of people it identifies as "sovereigns, princes, writers":
Index under the full name if the person is habitually so spoken of.
[Examples:] Kemal Ataturk, Mark Antony, Omar Khayyam.
So if your book (and the people in your milieu) habitually speak of Jesus of Nazareth as "Jesus Christ," Words into Type seems to endorse rendering the index entry as
Jesus Christ
Other style guides that I checked had little to say about this issue, but I think that Chicago's advice is sound and at least gives you a reference point for treating such names consistently.
answered May 27 at 3:06
Sven YargsSven Yargs
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The Chicago Manual of Style, sixteenth edition (2010) addresses the issue of indexing the names of "monarchs, popes, and the like" as follows:
16.37 Indexing monarchs, popes, and the like. Monarchs, popes, and others who are known by their official names, often including a roman numeral should be indexed under the official name. Identifying tags may be omitted or expanded as appropriate in a particular work.
{Examples:} Anne, Queen; Benedict XVI [pope]; Elizabeth II [queen]
So if you are in a position to follow Chicago's advice, you might add an index entry for Pope John Paul II as
John Paul II
or
John Paul II, Pope
or
John Paul II [pope]
As for the index entry for Jesus, I imagine that the simplest approach would be to use the entry
Jesus
and to add a cross-reference to that entry in a separate entry for Christ, if doing so seems useful:
Christ. See Jesus
However, Words into Type, third edition (1974) suggests a somewhat different test for judging how to handle entries for a category of people it identifies as "sovereigns, princes, writers":
Index under the full name if the person is habitually so spoken of.
[Examples:] Kemal Ataturk, Mark Antony, Omar Khayyam.
So if your book (and the people in your milieu) habitually speak of Jesus of Nazareth as "Jesus Christ," Words into Type seems to endorse rendering the index entry as
Jesus Christ
Other style guides that I checked had little to say about this issue, but I think that Chicago's advice is sound and at least gives you a reference point for treating such names consistently.
answered May 27 at 3:06
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Thanks for your answer, there is a good deal of logic here and has helped me to clarify some thinking on this.
– sketchyTech
May 27 at 16:08
Do you have any reference that might confirm the 'Jesus Christ' suggestion?
– Mitch
May 27 at 20:21
2
@Mitch: No I don't. And the one potentially applicable reference that I did find (outside Chicago) invites a different treatment of an index entry for "Jesus Christ." From Words into Type, third edition (1974): "Index under the full name if the person is habitually so spoken of. [Examples:] Kemal Ataturk, Mark Antony, Omar Khayyam." So if your book (and the people around you) habitually speak of Jesus of Nazareth as "Jesus Christ," Words into Type seems to endorse rendering the index entry as "Jesus Christ." This is a significant enough point that I think I should add it to my answer.
– Sven Yargs
May 27 at 21:10
add a comment |
Thanks for your answer, there is a good deal of logic here and has helped me to clarify some thinking on this.
– sketchyTech
May 27 at 16:08
Do you have any reference that might confirm the 'Jesus Christ' suggestion?
– Mitch
May 27 at 20:21
2
@Mitch: No I don't. And the one potentially applicable reference that I did find (outside Chicago) invites a different treatment of an index entry for "Jesus Christ." From Words into Type, third edition (1974): "Index under the full name if the person is habitually so spoken of. [Examples:] Kemal Ataturk, Mark Antony, Omar Khayyam." So if your book (and the people around you) habitually speak of Jesus of Nazareth as "Jesus Christ," Words into Type seems to endorse rendering the index entry as "Jesus Christ." This is a significant enough point that I think I should add it to my answer.
– Sven Yargs
May 27 at 21:10
Thanks for your answer, there is a good deal of logic here and has helped me to clarify some thinking on this.
– sketchyTech
May 27 at 16:08
Thanks for your answer, there is a good deal of logic here and has helped me to clarify some thinking on this.
– sketchyTech
May 27 at 16:08
Do you have any reference that might confirm the 'Jesus Christ' suggestion?
– Mitch
May 27 at 20:21
Do you have any reference that might confirm the 'Jesus Christ' suggestion?
– Mitch
May 27 at 20:21
2
2
@Mitch: No I don't. And the one potentially applicable reference that I did find (outside Chicago) invites a different treatment of an index entry for "Jesus Christ." From Words into Type, third edition (1974): "Index under the full name if the person is habitually so spoken of. [Examples:] Kemal Ataturk, Mark Antony, Omar Khayyam." So if your book (and the people around you) habitually speak of Jesus of Nazareth as "Jesus Christ," Words into Type seems to endorse rendering the index entry as "Jesus Christ." This is a significant enough point that I think I should add it to my answer.
– Sven Yargs
May 27 at 21:10
@Mitch: No I don't. And the one potentially applicable reference that I did find (outside Chicago) invites a different treatment of an index entry for "Jesus Christ." From Words into Type, third edition (1974): "Index under the full name if the person is habitually so spoken of. [Examples:] Kemal Ataturk, Mark Antony, Omar Khayyam." So if your book (and the people around you) habitually speak of Jesus of Nazareth as "Jesus Christ," Words into Type seems to endorse rendering the index entry as "Jesus Christ." This is a significant enough point that I think I should add it to my answer.
– Sven Yargs
May 27 at 21:10
add a comment |
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Welcome to EL&U. If you are asking for resources, you will probably do better on meta...but as it stands this question is unclear.
– Cascabel
May 26 at 16:00
I have looked at the other books I have to hand (although this is rather outside my norm). The problem is they use a footnoted form and no index, thus avoiding the issue. I have one book, Theories of the Mind by Stephen Priest that lists Christ, Jesus. But I have a block on this because Christ isn't a surname, it's a title and it strikes me as wrong to treat it as such.
– sketchyTech
May 26 at 18:53
You need a style manual, e.g., Chicago Manual of Style.
– Xanne
May 26 at 21:46
1
@Xanne, more precisely, one needs the style manual that is appropriate to the publishing project one is engaged in. If that style manual provides no answer, one needs to consult with the others involved in the project. The question has no definite answer outside a specific publishing project. On the hand, if the only thing the OP wants is a confirmation that 'Christ, Jesus' is an erroneous way of doing it, that is easy to answer: yes, it is wrong, because Christ is not a surname.
– jsw29
May 26 at 22:37
2
a confirmation that 'Christ, Jesus' is an erroneous way of doing it, that is easy to answer: yes, it is wrong, because Christ is not a surname But the index isn't provided to prescribe the proper form of address for people mentioned in a book, it is there to help readers find references to them, and Christ, Jesus may serve that purpose.
– High Performance Mark
May 27 at 7:42