Posted by Luke J. Wilson on 19th December 2019 in Christmas | christmas,xmas,origins,pagan,pagan roots,church fathers,church history,Saturnalia,Epiphany,Annunciation,Tertullian,Origen,john chrysostom,incarnation,liturgical calendar,church calendar,festivals
...: https://
patristics.info/justin-martyr-first-apology.html#Chapter_XXXIV_Place_of_Christs_birth_foretold (ch. 34 & 46)
Tertullian: http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0308.htm (ch. 9)
Clement of Alexandria: http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/02101.htm (ch. 21)
http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/jesuvita.html
On Christmas: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03724b.htm
https://www.ccel.org/ccel/hippolytus
https://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/holydays/epiphany.shtml
https://www.whychristmas.com/customs/25th.shtml
Annunciation: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01541c.htm
https://www.franciscanmedia.org/annunciation-of-the-lord/
https://www.theopedia...