Why didn't Mary or the Apostles celebrate this "Holiday"???
2006-12-24 23:26:10 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Early Christians had reasons of their own for not celebrating birthdays. Back then birthdays had strong connections with pagan religion that are less noticeable today. “The custom of commemorating the day of birth is connected . . . in its content, with certain primitive religious principles,” points out the Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics.
Christmas, as many know, is suppose to celebrate the birth of Jesus. However, In his book The Story of Christmas, Michael Harrison writes:
“First of all, it must be noted that, despite the efforts of innumerable scholars, it has not yet been proved upon what day . . . Christ was born.”
The Bible is silent about the date of Jesus’ birth. Writings of early “church fathers” are divided on the matter. Clement of Alexandria (of the second and third centuries C.E.) refers to some who believed that Jesus was born on April 19 or 20. Others preferred May 20. Still others pointed to January 1, January 6, March 21, March 28 and many other dates. The Catholic Encyclopedia comments that “there is no month in the year to which respectable authorities have not assigned Christ’s birth.”
Is that not significant to you? Is it not clear that if God wanted people to celebrate the birthday of Jesus Christ he would have had the date recorded in the Bible? You will recall that the Bible does contain the date for the Passover and for the memorial of Christ’s death. (Ex. 12:6, 14; 1 Cor. 11:23-25; Luke 22:7-20) Apparently it was not God’s will for anyone to celebrate the birth of his Son, Jesus. It is not surprising, therefore, to read in The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: “There is no historical evidence that our Lord’s birthday was celebrated during the apostolic or early postapostolic times.”
2006-12-24 23:52:14 · answer #1 · answered by Isabella 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did Mary tell you that? That she never celebrated the birth of her Son? That is what Christmas is.
"For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord." - Luke 2:11
2006-12-24 23:46:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It wasn't the same back then. Christmas only became a holiday a few hundred years after Jesus rose from the dead, as the proof that He was Messiah, and the promise of our rising. With new hope, people began to enoy life more, and celebrate all aspects of Jesus' life.
2006-12-24 23:31:35 · answer #3 · answered by JOYCE M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually christmas is not stated on the bible . it is only tradition in nature you celeb rate it or not nob ody will question you
2006-12-24 23:32:33 · answer #4 · answered by Jesus M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because it has nothing to really do with jesus. that is why. lol
2006-12-24 23:32:00 · answer #5 · answered by lucifer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋