The nativity, also known as the Christmas pageant, claims to tell the story of the birth of Jesus Christ. But if your ... actually don't appear in the Bible. 'Some of best-known parts of the ...

The most commonly believed theory estimates Christ’s birth to have been in the spring, based on the Bible’s mention of shepherds tending to their flock, which would have only happened during ...

You’ve got to be kidding, right? A virgin birth? Surely that’s way out there with the Loch Ness Monster and Santa Claus?” No, I’m not kidding. Some 700 years before it happened, ...

One important category is prophecy: Prophecy in the bible refers to the words spoken ... How does this relate to the birth of Jesus? Fast forward a few hundred years to the writers of the Gospels ...

1470, oil on wood, dimensions: 45,7 x 52,5; frame: 25 x 49 cm, collection of the National Museum in Warsaw, source: MNW The beliefs of the early Christians shaped the visual tradition for depicting ...