For centuries, December 25 has been celebrated as the birthday of Jesus Christ, central to Christian ... scholars and historians agree that the actual date of Jesus' birth likely wasn't in December.

And, while it might seem shocking that Christ was born 'before ... correct about Herod. The first real reference to December 25 as the date of Jesus' birth appears in the mid-fourth century ...

As for the actual month and day of Jesus’s birth, there’s no general consensus. The most commonly believed theory estimates Christ’s birth ... Nicholas’s death date and caught the ...

Every Christmas, a storm of controversy ignites over the accurate date ... the birth of Christ on December 25 is not the Christian assumption of a pagan holiday; instead, Jesus’ birthdate ...

However, according to the latest work carried out by historians, it is more likely that the date was selected because of an earlier Roman festival and that the actual day of the arrival of Jesus ...

The Bible doesn’t mention December 25 as Jesus’ birth date. Early Christians chose this day to align with pagan festivals, but his actual birth season is uncertain. Jesus was born in Bethlehem ...

As for the actual month and day of Jesus’s birth, there’s no general consensus. Some estimate Christ’s birth to ... to honor Saint Nicholas’s death date and caught the attention of a ...

Regardless, Josephus wasn’t the only ancient writer to speak about Jesus. Pushing that aside for a moment, one must remember the context of Christ’s birth: He wasn’t born to a wealthy or ...

Lucado says forgetting that Christmas is about the birth of Jesus would be like forgetting the Fourth of July is about the founding of America. "That's the message of Christmas — how far Christ ...