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Daily Archives: December 25, 2014
聖誕節的話題
By T.C. Lo (盧天賜); December 25, 2014 第一個聖誕節的話題是 「耶穌在那一天誕生?」。 論到耶稣的生日,在 Lee Strobel 的書 (Ref.1; p.20) 中有這樣的一段話: “歷史並無凖確地確定耶稣在那一 天誕生。很可能是在春天,因為春季宜於牧羊人在夜間看守羊群 (參看路加福音2:8) 而且春天也是母羊產子的季節。其实在主後200年間,有神學家曾斷定耶稣是在五月廿日出生。宗教專欄新聞記者 (Journalist Terry Mattingly) 曾說,有人主張耶稣是在三月或四月間出生的。其实這類的推測对初期教會而言是視為不重要的,因為當時基督徒所重視的乃是元月六日的聖顯節Epiphany, 也就是紀念耶稣受浸禮的日子。 及至主後385年,教宗朱利阿斯一世 (Pope Julius I) 宣告十二月廿五為慶祝救主誕生的節日。其部份原因是以此日是當時教會向信奉羅馬農神的異教徒挑戰。因為此等異教徒常在此日向羅馬神祗(Saturnalia) 膜拜並藉此机会狂歡作樂,在社會上大行其喧鬧並放蕩行淫之道。” 其實聖誕節應該是那一天並非重要,這绝非神學上或教義上的論題。但我们也可以從聖經經文中作些演繹式的推斷。請参看本blog中另一文章: “https://hocl.org/blogs/tincheelo/?p=253” 另一個聖誕節的話題是「聖誕星 Christmas Star」: Lee Strobel in his … Continue reading
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