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Does the Church teach that Christ was born on December 25th?
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« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2010, 10:20:09 PM » |
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Does the Church teach that Christ was born on December 25th?
If the Church taught that, she'd probably be wrong. |
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« Reply #2 on: December 27, 2010, 11:56:42 PM » |
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Does the Church teach that Christ was born on December 25th?
It is one of 365 (at most, 366) choices. It's one of them, most definitely. |
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« Reply #3 on: December 27, 2010, 11:58:57 PM » |
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Feburary 30th, 2 B.C.
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« Reply #4 on: December 28, 2010, 01:12:40 AM » |
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Does the Church teach that Christ was born on December 25th?
On a more serious note to counter the humorous, maybe even ridiculous responses made thus far, I'm not sure the Church is really into making dogmatic statements on when in history a particular event happened, such as the actual date of Christ's birth. The important thing is that Christ was born into this world as a human baby. |
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« Reply #5 on: December 28, 2010, 03:49:51 AM » |
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I have heard some atheists and agnostics complain that the Church stole Dec. 25 from a pagan holiday. Of course, they could complain about that with almost anytime of the year.
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« Reply #6 on: December 28, 2010, 10:44:19 AM » |
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I have heard some atheists and agnostics complain that the Church stole Dec. 25 from a pagan holiday. Of course, they could complain about that with almost anytime of the year.
I guess there's now question that even this is true. http://www.orthodoxchristianity.net/forum/index.php/topic,32282.0.html |
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« Reply #7 on: December 28, 2010, 02:16:01 PM » |
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I have recently seen reasonable arguments from Protestant sources on this subject. For an argument in favor of a date in 4 B.C., see: http://www.themoorings.org/apologetics/chronology/Chrmas.htmlFor an artument in favor of a date in 3 B.C., see: http://www.versebyverse.org/doctrine/birthofchrist.htmlI am personally in favor of the later date because the time-frame given allows for all the events to take place without rushing, and there is good astronomical support for the dating. |
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« Reply #8 on: December 28, 2010, 02:35:11 PM » |
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Does the Church teach that Christ was born on December 25th?
Does the Church celebrate Christ's birth on some other date? |
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« Reply #9 on: December 29, 2010, 12:41:06 AM » |
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Does the Church teach that Christ was born on December 25th?
Does the Church celebrate Christ's birth on some other date? Is the date of our annual celebration of the Nativity supposed to be seen as a dogmatic statement of a historical date? |
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« Reply #10 on: December 29, 2010, 01:59:41 AM » |
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01:34 a.m., Saturday, 24 October, -2 BCE.
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« Reply #11 on: December 29, 2010, 09:39:50 AM » |
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01:34 a.m., Saturday, 24 October, -2 BCE.
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« Reply #12 on: December 29, 2010, 11:05:14 AM » |
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Does the Church teach that Christ was born on December 25th?
Does the Church celebrate Christ's birth on some other date? Is the date of our annual celebration of the Nativity supposed to be seen as a dogmatic statement of a historical date? Just because something is not enshrined in dogma, but is hallowed by tradition, does that mean that it can be tossed aside? It may not be dogma, but the Church bids us celebrate the Nativity of Christ on that date, believing that that is the correct day, not because of history, per se, but because it is the day of liturgical celebration. Same thing with the Transfiguration. Aug. 6 has always been the day, even though the Lord, according to the Gospel, was transfigured shortly before His crucifixion. But Aug. 6 is the date, because it is 40 days before the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, on Sept. 14. |
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« Reply #13 on: December 29, 2010, 02:23:59 PM » |
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Does the Church teach that Christ was born on December 25th?
Does the Church celebrate Christ's birth on some other date? Is the date of our annual celebration of the Nativity supposed to be seen as a dogmatic statement of a historical date? Just because something is not enshrined in dogma, but is hallowed by tradition, does that mean that it can be tossed aside? It may not be dogma, but the Church bids us celebrate the Nativity of Christ on that date, believing that that is the correct day, not because of history, per se, but because it is the day of liturgical celebration. Same thing with the Transfiguration. Aug. 6 has always been the day, even though the Lord, according to the Gospel, was transfigured shortly before His crucifixion. But Aug. 6 is the date, because it is 40 days before the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, on Sept. 14. Then you're talking about something totally different. You're talking about when the Church celebrates a feast, while I'm addressing the OP's question about what the Church says or doesn't say about a particular date in history. The OP's question is: "Does the Church teach that Christ was born on December 25th?", NOT "Does the Church teach that December 25th is the correct date to celebrate Christ's birth?". |
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