Conservative Treehouse; On January 6 Christians celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany of our Lord.
The word epiphany comes from the Greek word epiphainen and means “to manifest” or “to reveal.”
According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church:
The Epiphany is the manifestation of Jesus as Messiah of Israel, Son of God and Saviour of the world. the great feast of Epiphany celebrates the adoration of Jesus by the wise men (magi) from the East, together with his baptism in the Jordan and the wedding feast at Cana in Galilee.
In the magi, representatives of the neighbouring pagan religions, the Gospel sees the first-fruits of the nations, who welcome the good news of salvation through the Incarnation.
The magis coming to Jerusalem in order to pay homage to the king of the Jews shows that they seek in Israel, in the messianic light of the star of David, the one who will be king of the nations. read more
Art: Adoration of the Magi – Jean Pierre Granger
The Chaldean Magi knew what to look for because they read the writings of another, older Magus, DANIEL.
I han one of those once and it told me to come here to iotw for news laughs and friends .😎
Beware the doctrine of men, they will lead you astray.
No biblical reference to them being kings or that there were three. Three gifts, but not three individuals. The idea of 12 days may make some sense as they were only in Bethlem for the census and would have returned to Nazareth. There would have been the 8th day circumcision by Jewish law. The time of the arrival of the magi could have been much later, based upon Herod’s decree to kill male children under two years of age. Matthew also refers to them going to “the house” and not the manger or stable.
I had an epiphany decades ago that the simplicity of Christ’s teachings had been mutated, perverted, complicated and bullshitted into so many different ridiculous, gilded ceremonies that it turned people off to God’s word, actually separating souls from God.
The Catholic sect with a crying or bleeding graven image for every day of the year, a Social Justice division that spreads communism, and faggot pedophile priests leading the show has to be the worst. Well maybe the snake charming, blithering pentecostals are coequal.
Sorry, but tonight I’ve had enough of this shit.
i wonder when the story changed to 3 wise men? And why do they tell us that they were at His birth?