Christianity before the first Christmas
Prior to the coming of Christ, there was a prophetic awareness of an expected messiah across various cultures, even outside the Judaic tradition.
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Prior to the coming of Christ, there was a prophetic awareness of an expected messiah across various cultures, even outside the Judaic tradition.
Until recently, scholarly attempts to establish the date of the first Christmas have thrown up endless complications. But new research by Italian academics has shed fresh light on this ancient question.
Closing churches over the last year showed us how important they are to our faith.
An exploration of Raphael’s The Entombment, painted in 1507 and housed at the Villa Borghese in Rome.
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