Ephesians 3:2-3a, 5-6; Matthew 2:1-12. In this Gospel we follow the Magi in their journey of faith. As magi, they followed the faint stars, distant points of light; as wise men, they follow Jesus ...

During her search for relics, she is said to have found the grave of the Three Wise Men. Magi on the ox cart Christians from ...

Despite the famous song, "We Three Kings of Orient Are," there were ... First off, who were the "Wise Men"? Magi were mystical characters, trained to see the unseen. They were star-gazers ...

The story of the wise men has inspired artists for generations ... an unnamed Syrian writer had named the three magi and placed them in different kingdoms; Hormizdah was the King of Persia ...

(The Conversation) — As Christmas approaches, Nativity scenes showing three wise men visiting the newborn ... them lies in what Matthew calls them: “magi.” “Magi” is a Greek word that ...

And what qualified them as wise men? As for the “star of wonder ... The first assumption many of us make is that the Magi were kings and that there were three of them. This is, of course ...

The wise men have become essential to the iconography ... Start, for example, with the hymns of the Magi, like “We Three Kings,” and why they are called kings. What does that tell us about ...

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Christmas nativity scenes around the world feature a familiar cast of characters: Jesus, Mary, Joseph, an angel or two, some barnyard animals, shepherds and, of course, the three wise men led by a ...