Nativity of Jesus
The nativity of Jesus, nativity of Christ, birth of Jesus or birth of Christ is mentioned in the biblical gospels of Luke and Matthew.
The two gospel both say that Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judaea and that his birth was caused by divine intervention.[1] In Contra Celsum 1.51, Origen, who travelled throughout Palestine beginning in around 215, wrote of the "manger of Jesus".[2]
The date of birth for Jesus of Nazareth is not said in the gospels or in any secular text, but a majority of scholars believe that a date between 6 BC and 4 BC is most likely.[3]
Nativity Of Jesus Media
Adoration of the Shepherds by Dutch painter Matthias Stomer, 1632
A page from the 11th-century Bamberg Apocalypse showing Matthew 1:21
Angel Gabriel's Annunciation to Mary, by Murillo, c. 1660
Altar in the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem
Nativity of Jesus, by Botticelli, c. 1473–1475
Gospel of Matthew from an Ethiopian Bible, 1700
A page from the Codex Sinaiticus, 4th century
Nativity at Night, by Geertgen tot Sint Jans, c. 1490
In Summa Theologiæ, (1471 copy shown here) Thomas Aquinas addressed many of the open Christological questions regarding the Nativity of Jesus.
On Christmas, the Christ Candle in the center of the Advent wreath is traditionally lit in many church services.
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References
- ↑ Taylor, Joan E. (1993). Christians and the Holy Places: The Myth of Jewish-Christian Origins. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 99–100. ISBN 978-0-19-814785-5.
- ↑ Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible 2000 ISBN 90-5356-503-5 p. 173
- ↑ Dunn, James DG (2003). "Jesus Remembered". Eerdmans Publishing: 324.
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