What month was Christ actually born?

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It was during Lambing season, that is why the shepherds were in the fields with their flocks at night, to protect the baby lambs…so was it March?
 
I have heard a tradition that says March, and another that says the end of January, and, of ‘course, there are a number who will say that it couldn’t be any day but December 25. However since we don’t know (scientifically) exactly and it really doesn’t matter to our souls salvation, since the Church teaches that we should celebrate Jesus’ earthly birthday on December 25, I, for one, will follow what the Church says to do. 👍

I don’t see any harm in wondering altho’ it may lead any with a weak conscience to disregard the Church.
 
That type of question usually comes from bad spirited people.
 
A prophet always dies on the day he was born. Jesus was a prophet. So He died in the month on which He was born. God decreed this to show that Jesus truly was a Prophet and the Lamb.
 
That sounds like another vote for springtime

I have been doing a bit of reading and people have all sorts of theories…some think it is autumn…I think if we look at the lambing it is spring
 
For what it is worth, I’ve known some people who raised quite a few sheep and with them, it was common practice to have someone with the flock, every night. Sheep out in the wilds of the Wyoming are prey to many creatures and having a shepherd nearby could make the difference in feeding the family or feeding the wolves.

My guess is that it would be the same in the Middle East.

Paul
 
redrosetea said:
It was during Lambing season, that is why the shepherds were in the fields with their flocks at night, to protect the baby lambs…so was it March?
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What difference does it make? None! Its irrelevant.
 
It’s just a bit of harmless fun …sheesh…why be a wet blanket…
 
T700 said:
For what it is worth, I’ve known some people who raised quite a few sheep and with them, it was common practice to have someone with the flock, every night. Sheep out in the wilds of the Wyoming are prey to many creatures and having a shepherd nearby could make the difference in feeding the family or feeding the wolves.

My guess is that it would be the same in the Middle East.

Paul
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Interesting … I am taking a refresher RCIA course and the book we are using suggests that it wasn’t a common occurrence …the sheep were not shepherded at night

I will bring this up and see what they have to say about it
 
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It’s just a bit of harmless fun …sheesh…why be a wet blanket…
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I agree. After all the threads tearing into the minutia of this and that, this seems harmless and interesting. If someone isn’t interested in it, why not just ignore the conversation?

Paul
 
redrosetea said:
It was during Lambing season, that is why the shepherds were in the fields with their flocks at night, to protect the baby lambs…so was it March?
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He was conceived on March 25th according to early Church tradition, so the December 25th date seems, if not accurate, at least close.
 
redrosetea said:
It was during Lambing season, that is why the shepherds were in the fields with their flocks at night, to protect the baby lambs…so was it March?
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If it makes you feel better I think even the year is wrong, if you find out in my lifetime let me know or if you get to heaven first send us back a message if Jesus will let you know. 🙂 Meanwhile, just celebrate. 🙂
 
😃 I’ll ask Mary, I think she might be the authority…We will meet in heaven for tea and thrash it out…
 
redrosetea said:
It was during Lambing season, that is why the shepherds were in the fields with their flocks at night, to protect the baby lambs…so was it March?
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I’ve heard that same evidence used to come to a December answer…🤷
 
I will be interested to hear what they say about it in RCIA…there are a lot of different theories…Some say late summer during the Jewish festival of Booths…I am not sure what the reasoning for that is…But a lot of people have really studied this, and will give you a plausible explanation for why they feel it is a certain time of year
 
redrosetea said:
I will be interested to hear what they say about it in RCIA…there are a lot of different theories…Some say late summer during the Jewish festival of Booths…I am not sure what the reasoning for that is…But a lot of people have really studied this, and will give you a plausible explanation for why they feel it is a certain time of year
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I don’t know why we can’t just believe the Early Church. Is there something to suggest that they didn’t know what they were talking about?
 
redrosetea said:
😃 I’ll ask Mary, I think she might be the authority…We will meet in heaven for tea and thrash it out…
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Well we know Jesus came 3 months after John or was it 6, anyways ask John. 🙂 I would like it to stay December 25 because that is my B-Day too of course not that year. ha ha I always made Jesus a birthday cake, and I think He was smiling at me for it. So you will crash my birthday if you change it. Do you suppose He thinks this is silly? 😃
 
Well it seems there was dispute in the early church as to when it was exactly…if you use google you can find a lot of information about it

Some get quite scientific about it…Its just a bit of fun, for me to mull over things like this…who can actually say when it was, everyone has an opinion?
 
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Well we know Jesus came 3 months after John or was it 6, anyways ask John. 🙂 I would like it to stay December 25 because that is my B-Day too of course not that year. ha ha I always made Jesus a birthday cake, and I think He was smiling at me for it. So you will crash my birthday if you change it. Do you suppose He thinks this is silly? 😃
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Six. 🙂
 
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