The origin of Christmas may surprise you

12,928 views

Raquel de la Morena

Published on Dec 22, 2024
About :

What is the origin of Christmas? Was Jesus Christ really born on December 25? What influence did Roman festivals such as Saturnalia have on the celebration of Christmas? Did you know that Father Christmas (or Santa Claus) was inspired by a real person? And what is the origin of the Three Wise Men? What does the Bible say about the birth of Jesus? In this documentary video in Spanish we tell you the stories that gave rise to Christmas. #christmas #history #documentary As you all know, this Christian holiday is celebrated in commemoration of the birth of Jesus of Nazareth, son of Mary and Joseph, on December 25 more than two thousand years ago, in Bethlehem of Judea. But why that day in particular? Is there historical data to support that the man considered the son of God by Christians was really born on December 25? Many of you will be thinking: if for centuries there has been a perpetual debate between atheist scholars and theologians about the historical existence of Jesus Christ, whether he was a person of flesh and blood or a myth arising from the syncretism between cultures such as the Greek and Jewish, how are we going to know what day he was born? Many of you will assume that our first stop will be the year 1 after Christ. But even that is not clear, because many Bible scholars point out that his birth should be placed between the years 6 and 4 before Christ. Why? Because, according to chapter two, verse 1, of the Gospel of Matthew, the son of God was born “in the time of King Herod,” and the monarch died –and this is a historical fact– in the year 4 before our era. As you know, according to the Bible, Herod orchestrated the famous Massacre of the Innocents to kill all children under two years old after learning, through “some wise men from the East” –whom we know today as the Three Wise Men–, that the “king of the Jews” had just been born, for fear that he would usurp the throne. It is often believed that, rather than kings or magicians, those illustrious visitors were wise men instructed in astrology who had reached the child by reading the stars. The confusion about the year of the birth of Jesus of Nazareth is even greater if we take into account that in the Holy Scriptures, in the Gospel of Luke, it is said that the nativity of the Lord coincided with the census of all the inhabitants that, in the time of the Roman emperor Augustus, was carried out by Publius Sulpicius Quirinius in the Roman province of Syria, which at that time included Judea. Why does this fact complicate everything even more? Because it is known that Quirinius was governor of that province in the year 6 after Christ. In fact, according to scholars, it does not make much sense to think that Herod ordered the massacre of children that the Bible recounts, because a Jewish-Roman historian of that time, Flavius ​​Josephus, did not mention this alleged massacre in his works 'The War of the Jews' and 'Jewish Antiquities', in which he speaks profusely about the life of Herod, and not precisely for the better - some consider him the main instigator of the black legend of this king. If we analyze it a little, it is an episode quite similar to the one we can read in Exodus 1 of the Old Testament, where it is explained that, at the time Moses was born, the Pharaoh had ordered the death of all male Hebrew babies born in his kingdom by throwing them into the river. Perhaps Matthew, in his gospel of the New Testament, intended to present the newborn Messiah as the new Moses. Thank you for visiting our channel. We are Raquel de la Morena and Pedro Estrada, journalists and writers. In our videos we will tell you stories aimed especially at curious minds. Biographies, legends, mysteries, historical and literary curiosities... If you want to hear and see them, you are welcome! As writers, we are the authors of historical romance novels ('The Heart of the Banshee' and 'Who the Hell Are You?', winner of the 5th Titania Prize), books for young people (such as the mirror novel 'The Curse of Trefoil House') and also children's and young adult books (such as the collection 'Vinlandia', also published in France by the publishing house Hachette). Get our latest books: 'Who the Hell Are You?': https://amz.run/5Bh9 'The Curse of Trefoil House': https://amz.run/5Bh4 'Zen': https://amzn.to/3fBzSYk 'Vinlandia' Collection: https://amz.run/5CTK https://amz.run/5CTL https://amz.run/5CTN Follow me on social media: Instagram ????: / raqueldlmorena Twitter: / raqueldlmorena Facebook: / raquel-de-la-morena-423244607874154 Web: http://www.raqueldelamorena.com ----------- Script: Raquel de la Morena and Pedro Estrada Editing, audio and video: Pedro Estrada Music: 'Silent Night', by E's Jammy Jams; 'We Wish You a Merry Christmas', by Twin Musicom; 'Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring', by Kevin MacLeod and 'Carol of the Bells', by Quincas Moreira.

Trend Videos
24:40
838,555 views   3 days ago
20:20
441,705 views   5 days ago
23:38
413,327 views   4 days ago
10:25
4,354,668 views   2 weeks ago
14:35
555,892 views   1 day ago
24:40
838,555 views   3 days ago
2:20
1,424,239 views   3 days ago
23:38
413,327 views   4 days ago
14:35
555,892 views   1 day ago
24:43
14:55
470,144 views   4 days ago
Google AdSense
336 x 280
Up Next
42:47
Стамбульская невеста - İstanbullu Gelin
52,525 views
9 hours ago
43:37
Стамбульская невеста - İstanbullu Gelin
119,201 views
1 day ago
1:36:12
3:02:18
Я так долго тебя ждал - Seni Çok Bekledim
2,295,530 views
3 months ago
48:34
Стамбульская невеста - İstanbullu Gelin
113,576 views
1 day ago
1:37:29
ПРИКЛЮЧЕНЧЕСКИЕ ФИЛЬМЫ
216,820 views
1 day ago
1:39:40
Turkish Movies
465,020 views
8 months ago
8:11
Neler Oluyor Hayatta
806 views
1 day ago
1:48:52
Турецкие Фильмы
83,409 views
1 month ago
1:27:17
Детективы каждый день
222,646 views
16 hours ago
48:48
Стамбульская невеста - İstanbullu Gelin
142,294 views
2 days ago
1:26:27
Vakha_BioDoctor
2,905,302 views
7 years ago
1:21:59
8:36
ARAS TV
3,741 views
15 hours ago
6:40
The King Of Fighters Wing 1.9
5,607 views
3 years ago
20:03
KOFNODEAD
127,470 views
5 years ago
24:52
АУКЦИОН КОНТЕЙНЕРОВ В США
185,964 views
7 hours ago
22:55
Goldenbell Training Español
515,966 views
4 months ago
22:59
ULTIMATE PLAYER【TAS】
178,184 views
4 years ago
1:21:59
Google AdSense
336 x 280

fetery.com. Copyright 2024