基督教历史:为什么圣诞节在12月25日庆祝?



  • 基督徒在公元3世纪和4世纪开始在12月25日庆祝圣诞节,最早的证据来自公元354年的一份罗马历书。
  • 这一日期受到神学推理、文化背景和政治因素的影响,并与“无敌太阳”(Sol Invictus)等异教冬至节日有关。
  • 福音书并未提供耶稣出生的具体日期;早期基督徒更关注复活节,后来才利用神学计算确定了12月25日。
  • 大多数西方基督教教派在12月25日庆祝圣诞节,而东正教教会由于历法差异,通常在1月7日庆祝。

When did Christians start celebrating Christmas on December 25th? The celebration of Christmas on December 25th emerged gradually in Christian communities during the 3rd and 4th centuries AD. The earliest definitive evidence we have for December 25th being observed as the birth of Christ comes from a Roman almanac dated to 354 AD, which lists December 25th as “natus Christus in Betleem Judeae” – “Christ was born in Bethlehem of Judea.”(Schmidt, 2015, pp. 542–563) But the process of establishing this…

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