5 minutes agoHow was Christmas decided to be celebrated on December 25?
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)Whoever digs into the falls of the Christian festival finds, not evangelists, but a very pagan Roman emperor, and a pope. The date of December 25th, when the Christian Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus is traditional and documented in the calendars of celebrations starting in the 1st century. I-IV after Christ. The Emperor was Aurelius, who [...]
The date of December 25th, when the Christian Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus is traditional and documented in the calendars of celebrations starting in the 1st century. I-IV after Christ.
The Emperor was Aurelian, who, desiring to unite the Roman world in 274, decreed a common God for all his people (Sol invictus), fixing the holiday (Dis Natalis) shortly after the winter solstice, when days began to extend.
So Christians found the Christmas of God uniquely willing. And they quickly replaced the sun with Jesus. Then came the Pope, known as Giulio I - perhaps the one who officially fixed the festival in late December. This is true about 352 when Christianism was legitimate for only 40 years.
