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The First Christmas
Gospel, History, and Tradition: What Scripture Says, What the Church Teaches, and What Our Nativity Scenes Leave Out
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What does the Gospel actually say about the first Christmas, and what came later?
Most of us know the Nativity as one seamless scene: Mary and Joseph, a manger, shepherds, angels, three kings, a star, perhaps a donkey and an innkeeper. But Matthew and Luke tell two distinct infancy narratives, and centuries of theology, history, art, and devotion have added layers of their own.
The First Christmas: Gospel, History, and Tradition helps Catholic readers sort those layers without stripping Christmas of its mystery. Drawing on Scripture, Catholic teaching, early Christian sources, and responsible historical scholarship, Saige Borromeo examines the census and Quirinius, Bethlehem and the "inn," the Magi and the star, December 25, the crèche, Christmas customs, and the theological meaning of the Nativity.
Five clear evidence labels distinguish what the Gospel actually says, what the Church teaches, what history can responsibly support, what tradition adds, and what we should not claim.
For readers who want a reverent, evidence-conscious guide to the first Christmas, this book offers a careful way to appreciate both the Gospel accounts and the traditions that grew around them.
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