You might think that Jesus was born in the Year Zero--between 1 B.C. and A.D. 1. You often hear that Jesus was born around 6-7 B.C. The evidence from the Bible and the Church Fathers, however ...

The Christian calendar has Jesus’ birth year wrong, Pope Benedict XVI claims ... of historians who have said Jesus could have been born anytime between 7BC and 2BC. The Pope also argues that ...

Some Christian calendars imply that Jesus was born in 1 C.E. — often stylized as 1 A.D. for Anno Domini (“in the year of the Lord”). But no matter how the year is formatted, Jesus was likely ...

Yet, most scholars agree that he wasn't born on that day, or even in the year A.D. 1. Why is Jesus' birthday celebrated on December 25? Researchers have speculated that the Roman Catholic Church ...