Calculating Christmas: Hippolytus and December 25th
The article discusses whether Jesus Christ's birth and the Roman festival of Saturnalia or the feast of the sun god Sol were on the same day, December 25, with emphasis on Christian scholar Hippolytus' scribes written in the early third century AD, which confirms that Jesus was born on Dec...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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2022
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Biblical archaeology review
Year: 2022, Volume: 48, Issue: 4, Pages: 50-54 |
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HIPPOLYTUS, Antipope, ca. 170-235 or 6
B Christmas B SATURNALIA B Christian inscriptions B BIRTH of Jesus Christ |
| Summary: | The article discusses whether Jesus Christ's birth and the Roman festival of Saturnalia or the feast of the sun god Sol were on the same day, December 25, with emphasis on Christian scholar Hippolytus' scribes written in the early third century AD, which confirms that Jesus was born on December 25. It highlights the Statue of Hippolytus in the Vatican Library, with inscriptions extracted from the works of Hippolytus, referring to the birth of Jesus nine months from April 2. |
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| ISSN: | 0098-9444 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Biblical archaeology review
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