Christmas was not originally celebrated here in America by
Protestant Christians. The Puritans
were against the celebration of Christmas since a Roman Catholic Pope started the tradition based on the false belief that Jesus Christ was born on December 25th. The Protestant reformation was about eliminating all observances and traditions that were established by Popes and not based on biblical facts. I do agree with the Puritans that Jesus Christ was born on September 29th and not December 25th.
The actual problem with the Christmas celebration is that the Puritans forgot the reason behind the celebration since the Pope had actually just changed the reason. The original Christmas celebration was the anointing of the Second Temple Altar recorded in 1st Maccabees 4:44-59. The word Christ means anointed and -mas means sacred day.
The actual problem with the Christmas celebration is that the Puritans forgot the reason behind the celebration since the Pope had actually just changed the reason. The original Christmas celebration was the anointing of the Second Temple Altar recorded in 1st Maccabees 4:44-59. The word Christ means anointed and -mas means sacred day.
December 28, 1836 Vermont Telegraph – Christmas
It is known to all that have
examined the subject, that we are entirely ignorant of the precise time of our
Lord’s nativity. There is good reason to
believe that the Christian era itself is considerably inaccurate; that our
Savior’s birth really took place about four years earlier than the time from
which it is commonly reckoned; so that we are now in the year 1840, from the
true period of his incarnation. The
cause of this error was, that even Christians, to say nothing of others, did
not reckon time from the birth of Christ, till about the beginning of the sixth
century after his advent; when it was no longer practicable to fix that great
epoch with certainty. The public archives
had been destroyed by the burning of the greater part of the city of Rome, in
the time of Nero, and probably by his order; and hence, although the empire in
the sixth century had long since become Christian, the decree of Augustus for a
general taxing which was contemporaneous with our Savior’s birth and the
account of his death sent to Rome by Pilate, could not be resorted to in
determining the exact time of these interesting and important events.
1. That
the religious observance of the day called Christmas, is not a divine
institution, and therefore to represent of regard it as such, is contrary to
truth and duty.
2. That
the day of the year, and even the month in which our Savior was born, is not
known. – The day of his crucifixion we know exactly. It is ascertained by the Jewish Passover, the
annual return of which is most clearly specified in the Pentateuch, and has
been punctually observed by the Jews in every successive age. But in the providence of God, we are not
permitted to know the day on which our blessed Lord became incarnate.
3. That
the incarnation or nativity of the Redeemer of the world, is unquestionably an
event which we ought often to recollect, with the deepest admiration and the
most lively gratitude, and on suitable occasions to celebrate in social
worship.
4. That
since the second century of the Christian era, the great body of Christians,
both Catholics and Protestants, have assigned a specific day for the commemoration
of the great event by which a Savior was given to the world.
5. That
some Protestant sects notwithstanding, refuse to observe this day, because they
have no scriptural warrant for such an observance, and therefore, think that it
is wrong in itself, and likely to be followed by very bad consequences.
*Bethlehem, in Judea, is placed on maps in Lat. 33 deg. 36
min north, which is very nearly the latitude of Charleston, S. C.
---Christian Advocate
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