The myths surrounding Caesar Augustus, who reigned from 27 B.C. to A.D. 14, are not dissimilar to the imagery the Gospels use to describe the birth of Jesus--a sign that the writers were working ...

WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (WACH) — For many, Christmas is a time for family and plenty of gifts. The National Retail Federation predicts holiday sales to reach record spending levels this year. We ...

Catholic teaching, as the Council of Chalcedon puts it, is clear: Jesus Christ is true God and true man. Not God masquerading as man but God as man. God didn’t do this for the angels: their fall ...

“The Christ Jesus was, in their opinion, a false prophet, but the man Jesus a Brother. They regarded John the Baptist as their patron, but never viewed him in the light in which he is presented ...

The earliest person to suggest that Jesus’ actual birthday occurred on Dec. 25 was the theologian Clement of Alexandria, who lived from about 150-215 A.D. Clement notes that people of his time ...

So, when you read that “prehistory ended around 3000 BCE in Egypt,” the point of reference is the birth of the historical Jesus, that is, 3,000 years Before Christ (B.C.). Human history indeed ...

It was disappointing to read Bill Patrie’s article about Jesus on Dec. 26, the day after so many of us celebrated Jesus’ birth with our family and friends.

I see this Gospel passage as a microcosm of the purpose of Jesus’ Incarnation: redeeming humanity from the Fall. The parallels between Adam and Eve on the one hand, and the Tyrean man on the ...

DATE OF BIRTH NOT KNOWN Doctrine of the Immaculate Conception a Slur Upon Natural Motherhood -- Jesus the Leading Radical of His Age. Share full article Dec. 20, 1897 ...

It’s the fourth Sunday of Advent and there’s only three more days till Christmas, so today’s Gospel reading is already about the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Jesus had to be born as a man so that his sacrifice would be worth all mankind. In Hebrews 9:22 it says, “And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding ...