What a better time then to write about some theories about Christmas!
I suspect, after this weekend, things will be a little more full on. As such, I want to try and get the heavy topics out of the way, lol
Was Jesus born on December the 25th?
The earliest Christians did not celebrate his birth. Dec. 25 is not the date mentioned in the Bible as the day of Jesus’s birth; the Bible is actually silent on the day or the time of year.
By most accounts, the birth was first thought — in around 200 A.D. — to have taken place on Jan. 6. Why? It may have been the result of “a calculation based on an assumed date of crucifixion of April 6 coupled with the ancient belief that prophets died on the same day as their conception,” according to religionfacts.com. By the mid-4th century, the birthday celebration…
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