Who Made Christmas December 25th
But the december 25th date could have come from roman catholic historian sextus julius africanus.
Who made christmas december 25th. The shortest day of the year. Generally all mankind is fast asleep dreaming this old babylonian dream the story of nimrod as it relates to christmas and easter by wilhelm j wolfaardt yashiya christ was not born on december 25. December 25th was celebrated as nimrod s birthday. Christmas wasn t always on dec.
To have taken place on jan. In fact for the first three centuries of christianity s existence. Natus christus in betleem judeae. The date eventually became the officially recognized date for christmas in part because it coincided with the pagan festivals celebrating saturnalia and the winter solstice.
December 25th was always a pagan holiday called saturnalia for literally thousands of years before christians claimed ownership of december 25th it was a pagan holiday celebrating the birth of the sun god sol invictus which concluded their annual winter festival of saturnalia. In the late 330s ad pope julius 1 declared. Christmas or feast of the nativity is an annual festival commemorating the birth of jesus christ observed primarily on december 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world. By most accounts the birth was first thought in around 200 a d.
Most christians today probably can t imagine christmas on any other day than december 25 but it wasn t always that way. A feast central to the christian liturgical year it is preceded by the season of advent or the nativity fast and initiates the season of christmastide which historically in the. Christ was born in bethlehem of judea 3 in about 400 c e augustine of hippo mentions a local dissident christian group the donatists who apparently kept christmas festivals on december 25 but refused to celebrate the epiphany on january 6 regarding it. In ad 221 he dated jesus s conception to march 25 nine months before december 25.
December 25th christ born in bethlehem judea originally early christians held a mass service for christ hence christmas name but also. The first date listed december 25 is marked.