Merry Christmas - Christmas Through Time: Mark Lanier, 12/11/22

Biblical Literacy with Mark Lanier

In today’s lesson, Mark took a journey of Christmas through the Ages.  He grouped how Christmas was celebrated, or not, during three periods of time following Jesus’ birth: 1. Roman. There’s no record the first church celebrated the birth of Christ. But does that make it wrong? Consider Jewish feasts not in the Old Testament writings. Yet Jesus celebrated them. 2. Medieval. Began mid to late 300s. Christmas first established on December 25th as a day of repentance. Powerful influence for good…