2006-12-24 00:03:32 · 5 answers · asked by MB 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
To coincide with the Winter Solstice (the first day of winter), which is usually December 21 or 22. The early Christian church did that to try and convert more people to Christianity since many cultures of the time celebrated the solstice. And it worked!
Easter (and other Christian celebrations) were also timed around the same time as other non-Christian holidays for the same reason.
2006-12-24 00:08:56 · answer #1 · answered by alimagmel 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The birth of Christ has never really been moved. Bible chronology places his birth in the fall, about October or so.
If you are asking when the 25th of December was marked as the date of his birth, officially, December 25th has been observed since about the fourth century C.E. This is when the Roman Catholic Church designated that day for religious observance of Jesus’ birth.
Hannah
2006-12-24 08:09:34 · answer #2 · answered by Hannah J Paul 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometime in the reign of the Roman Emperor Constantine. He made Christianity the state religion. Dec. 25 was already a Roman holiday so Constantine decided to celebrate Jesus birthday then.
2006-12-24 08:10:34 · answer #3 · answered by runner1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is that supposed to be a swipe at Christianity?
You can't move the actual birthday. It is what it is, and it was probably in the spring. We also don't know the exact birth year.
Of course, logically speaking, neither of these two points has any relevance to the truth or falsity of the Gospel.
2006-12-24 08:13:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Somewhere between 312 & 325 AD by the catholic church
2006-12-24 08:22:13 · answer #5 · answered by birdsflies 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋