The church in Rome began formally celebrating Christmas on December 25 in 336, during the reign of the emperor Constantine. As Constantine had made Christianity the effective religion of the empire, some have speculated that choosing this date had the political motive of weakening the established pagan celebrations.
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According to this theory, early Christians deliberately chose these dates to encourage the spread of Christmas and Christianity throughout the Roman world: If ...
Dec 24, 2012 · Church officials wanted the date to coincide with existing pagan festivals.
Dec 7, 2022 · The most popular explanation for the date claims the Church selected December 25th because of pagan celebrations during the same season.
Dec 24, 2022 · As Christians developed the theological idea that Jesus was conceived and crucified on the same date, they set the date of his birth nine months ...
Sep 2, 2022 · December 25, was the date that the Romans, (Constantine) gave to Christians to celebrate the birth of their Christ. It was the date that the ...
Nov 20, 2023 · He wasn't born in december, the early church used december to lign it up with the Pagan solstice celebrations to make converting easier.
Dec 12, 2023 · It claims that the early Christians changed the celebration of Jesus' birthday from January 6 to December 25th because of the “Sol Invictus” ...
Dec 1, 2023 · Although some speculate today that the Church chose December 25 to coincide with the Roman celebration of the birth of the sun god, a ...
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Oct 5, 2023 · December 25th was chosen for the celebration of the nativity of our Lord because it is 9 months after March 25th, the feast of the annunciation.
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