posted by
is3 at 02:48pm on 31/12/2025
The main Christian celebration of the year in the Catholic and Protestant traditions is approaching (most Orthodox Christians will celebrate it in 14 days, according to the Julian calendar).
🔗 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumcision_of_Jesus
This holiday marks the theoretical beginning of the Christian era and calendar. Therefore, in many languages, there is a common mistake (in 7 days) when using Chrtistian dates with the words ‘From the Birth of Christ,’ since the Julian and Gregorian calendars begin on the day of the Circumcision (1 January, the first day of the year), and not on the day of the Birth of Christ (25 December).
The circumcision of Jesus was traditionally regarded, as explained in the once popular writing ‘Golden Legend’, as the first shedding of Christ's blood, and therefore the beginning of the process of human redemption, and as a demonstration that Christ is fully human and that he obeys biblical law.
The circumcision ceremony in the Jewish tradition is also a naming ceremony, which is why this holiday is so significant in both Christian calendars that the circumcision and appellation were chosen as the starting point of the Christian era, rather than the birth of the originally nameless child.
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🔗 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumcision_of_Jesus
This holiday marks the theoretical beginning of the Christian era and calendar. Therefore, in many languages, there is a common mistake (in 7 days) when using Chrtistian dates with the words ‘From the Birth of Christ,’ since the Julian and Gregorian calendars begin on the day of the Circumcision (1 January, the first day of the year), and not on the day of the Birth of Christ (25 December).
The circumcision of Jesus was traditionally regarded, as explained in the once popular writing ‘Golden Legend’, as the first shedding of Christ's blood, and therefore the beginning of the process of human redemption, and as a demonstration that Christ is fully human and that he obeys biblical law.
The circumcision ceremony in the Jewish tradition is also a naming ceremony, which is why this holiday is so significant in both Christian calendars that the circumcision and appellation were chosen as the starting point of the Christian era, rather than the birth of the originally nameless child.
( Read more... )
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