“The emperor Constantine pursued the deliberate policy of uniting the worship of the Sun with that of Christ. By about the middle of the fourth century, the church at Rome began the observance of the birth of Jesus on December 25. To my knowledge the first person to claim that Christ was actually born on that day was Chrysostom of Antioch (A.D. 386). Opposition to this practice continued for many years among some of the churches. The observance of Christmas began with the apostate church which was developing into what we now know as the Roman Catholic Church. Christmas had its origin in the pre-Christian age among the pagans. It did not originate by the authority of God, Christ, or the apostles and is not the way He chose to be remembered”
Posted on: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 12:54:00 +0000
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