Tradition of Christmas - Mass of Christ

Many Biblical scholars believe that Jesus Christ could not have been born on December 25, but the tradition of Christmas (the Mass of Christ) continues. Several sources place the date as Wednesday, September 11, 3 B.C. January 6 has also been adopted as a possible date of Christ's birth. "The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia" says that the birth of Jesus took place not long before March, in 4 B.C., when Herod the Great died, which could place the date in the latter part of 5 B.C. With the uncertainties surrounding the date or year of the birth, the time period of between 6 B.C.-4 B.C. has been generally adopted. Whatever the date, Jesus was born to Mary in Bethlehem. Read more about Christmas.

• Luke 2
• Nativity - John Donne
• Nativity - Henry Vaughan
• Christ's Nativity - Henry Vauhan
• Upon Christ's Nativity, or Christmas - Rowland Watkyns
• A Hymn on the Nativity of My Savior - Ben Jonson
• On the Morning of Christ's Nativity - John Milton
• The True Christmas - Henry Vaughan
• The Hymn - John Milton
• Bible as Literature
• Dead Sea Scrolls
• Study Bibles

Read more about the story of Christmas.