City: There are several places in Saint
Christol in France where the name appears. The pictures we
are showing here are taken in the municipality of Saint Christol
in the department of Vaucluse, in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte
d' Azur. The approximate 1100 inhabitants are named Christolins.
Building: The local church,
protected as an historical monument, was built by Benedictines
in the Romanesque style, at the beginning of the 12th century.
The Church was restored in the 17th century.
Object:
God’s name can be seen on the altar.
God’s name is written inside a triangle
surrounded by angels. It appears as the Tetragrammaton - the
Greek word for 'four letters'. The four characters are: JHWH.
It is interesting to know that the divine name is a verb. The
divine name comes from the verb 'ha-jah' or 'to become' in a
causative form. It is written in the imperfect state and in
the first-person singular. Therefore it means 'I cause to become'.
J.B. Rotherham explained this well in his translation: i.e.
"I Will Become whatsoever I please".
