Why is Christmas on December 25th? What is the origin of Christmas?
Introduction: Christmas is an important festival, and there are many stories about its origin. So why is Christmas on December 25th? What is the origin of Christmas? Shui Mo Xiansheng website has carefully compiled detailed information about the eleventh month of the lunar calendar in 2018. If you want to know about the auspiciousness and inauspiciousness of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, please come to Shui Mo Xiansheng website!Why is Christmas on December 25th?December 25 has always been a special day in Western tradition. The birthday of the Persian sun god is on December 25, which is a symbol of light. According to the Roman calendar, December 25th is their winter solstice. This day has always been regarded by the Romans as the hope of spring and the starting point of the revival of all things. It may be for these reasons that the Roman Church chooses December 25 as the date for Christmas. For a long period of time afterwards, the time of Christmas was not unified. The Christmas period was from December 24 to January 6 of the following year, and different places celebrated Christmas during this period according to different circumstances. Later, the date of December 25 was accepted by most Christian churches, and the date of December 15 was gradually fixed to become the current Christmas.What is the origin of Christmas?Christmas is the festival of the birth of Jesus. People in all Western Christian countries celebrate it on that day to commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ. It is also a secular festival that is widely celebrated.The Bible does not record the date of the birth of the Lord Jesus, and people have no way of knowing this date. As we all know, Jesus Christ was born in Israel, but the formation of Christianity was conceived in the ancient Roman Empire. It was only during the 1st to 3rd centuries AD that the ancient Roman regime did not recognize Christianity and persecuted it madly. At that time, many pagan religions were popular in Rome, worshiping the sun god. December 25 is the winter solstice in the Roman calendar. The daylight is the shortest on this day, but it is also the day when daylight begins to return, also known as the day of "restoration." Therefore, the Romans have long had the custom of commemorating the winter solstice. In the 4th century AD, Christianity was recognized in Rome and became the state religion. The Romans began to realize that Jesus Christ, the incarnate God, was the God who brought the true light of life to people and was truly worthy of worship and praise. Therefore, December 25 was used to commemorate Jesus Christ and was regarded as the day of Jesus' birth! According to records, the first Christmas was celebrated in 336 AD; in 440 AD, the Roman Church designated December 25 as Christmas; in 1607 AD, church leaders from all over the world met in Bethlehem and further determined December 25 as Christmas. From then on, Christmas became a global festival! In fact, it is not important to determine which day is Christmas. What is important is that we should know that Christmas is the anniversary of the Lord Jesus Christ becoming flesh and coming to earth as the Son of God! |
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