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Monday, November 26, 2007

Christian History on “Happy Advent?”

From Christian History and Biography:

The time before Christmas hasn’t always been a celebration. Like the Lenten season before Easter, Advent was once a solemn preparation for Christmas. Actually, not Christmas exactly. Originally it was a season preparing for Epiphany, January 6—which commemorates not Jesus’ birth, but his adoration by the Magi (in the West) or his baptism in the Jordan River (in the East). Some people claim Advent was first celebrated by the apostle Peter, but the exact starting date of the season has been lost to history. Whenever it started, Advent originally was a time of fasting and self-reflection.

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Posted by Nathan Bierma on 11/26 at 10:19 AM
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