The Church made a practice of celebrating feasts and Holy Days on those days that used to be celebrated in Pagan Festivals. We don’t know what time of year Jesus was born, but a date was chosen to celebrate 'Christ’s Mass". This date is very near the Winter Equinox, during which time Pagan festivals were held.why is Christmas celebrated in December
Because that is where the Church places it on the liturgical calendar. The liturgical calendar is not an attempt to place celebrations on any sort of historical date, although some Saints do have feast days on the days of their deaths. Most feast days are placed liturgically, not historically.I’ve been asked “why is Christmas celebrated in December
The angel Gabriel was not sent to Mary in the sixth month of the year (which BTW would not have been calculated on our modern calendar anyway).if the angle Gabriel was sent to Mary in June or the “Sixth” month?”
Ahhhh, this makes sense now. Ok, I’ll research what calendar was used during the time of Jesus so I can have a complete rebuttal. Thank you!The angel Gabriel was not sent to Mary in the sixth month of the year (which BTW would not have been calculated on our modern calendar anyway).
The Jews used (and still have) their own calendar, and as far as I know, modern New Testament translations would respect that and not change it. So you just need to figure out which month that would be on the Jewish calendar (or perhaps Luke used a gentile calendar, since he wrote to them, but even that would be different than ours today).Ahhhh, this makes sense now. Ok, I’ll research what calendar was used during the time of Jesus so I can have a complete rebuttal. Thank you!
You don’t need to know what calendar was in use by Jews (hint: Jewish lunar calendar) or Romans (hint: Julian calendar).Ahhhh, this makes sense now. Ok, I’ll research what calendar was used during the time of Jesus so I can have a complete rebuttal. Thank you!
Nope, because the bible verse does not say the angel Gabriel came in a certain month, but rather in the 6th month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy. We don’t know when that was, nor how they counted months of a pregnancy.So you just need to figure out which month that would be on the Jewish calendar (or perhaps Luke used a gentile calendar, since he wrote to them, but even that would be different than ours today).