how many Magi?

  • Thread starter Thread starter didymus
  • Start date Start date
Status
Not open for further replies.
Well in the new testament it says that there are many things that happened that were not written about in the life of Christ that were not included in the gospels

So what is taught is an opinion, an educated guess…me I don’t know one way or the other
 
An opinion derived from studying the documents. But I respect your opinion.
 
and I respect yours, but I am always a little leery of experts…archeology finds new things everyday that can lead us to different theories
 
The important thing is not how many magi showed up, how they travelled, or what gifts they brought, but that the second person of the Trinity was born, 100% divine and 100% human, for us.
 
Angel_Bradford said:
The important thing is not how many magi showed up, how they travelled, or what gifts they brought, but that the second person of the Trinity was born, 100% divine and 100% human, for us.
Click to expand...
Nobody has brought up the 4th Magi. Tradition says that he broke off from the other three to help someone in need. This lead him to help others all his life. He said that he regretted not seeing the Christ Child. When he died…he was told that he saw the Christ Child in all that he did. 😃
 
spn82756 said:
Nobody has brought up the 4th Magi. Tradition says that he broke off from the other three to help someone in need. This lead him to help others all his life. He said that he regretted not seeing the Christ Child. When he died…he was told that he saw the Christ Child in all that he did. 😃
Click to expand...
I reread that story yesterday; it’s beautiful!
 
\Eastern tradition sets the number of Magi at 12, but Western tradition sets their number at 3,\

**Despite the reputation the Brittanica has for accuracy, in all my decades in Orthodoxy, I’ve never heard of more than 3 Magi.

And, as I said earlier, the liturgical tradition even gives their names.**
 
bpbasilphx said:
\Eastern tradition sets the number of Magi at 12, but Western tradition sets their number at 3,\

**Despite the reputation the Brittanica has for accuracy, in all my decades in Orthodoxy, I’ve never heard of more than 3 Magi.

And, as I said earlier, the liturgical tradition even gives their names.**
Click to expand...
\

I believe you! I just found that on the net. 🙂
 
Angel_Bradford said:
Nope; just a grad student in Theology.
Click to expand...
What school of Theological thought are you a grad student in?

Catholic Tradition holds that there were three men and names them. While that is not theology, nothing about this would be considered theological in any way.
 
Angel_Bradford said:
The important thing is not how many magi showed up, how they travelled, or what gifts they brought, but that the second person of the Trinity was born, 100% divine and 100% human, for us.
Click to expand...
I disagree with you that it is not important or it would not have been included in the Scriptures.
 
ByzCath said:
I disagree with you that it is not important or it would not have been included in the Scriptures.
Click to expand...
The whole Nativity scene that we have become accustomed to is not Biblical. It comes from St Francis.

I don’t think that how many Magi there were is essential.

Steve
 
ByzCath said:
What school of Theological thought are you a grad student in?

Catholic Tradition holds that there were three men and names them. While that is not theology, nothing about this would be considered theological in any way.
Click to expand...
Saint Leo University.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top