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There is also a Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Juneau, Alaska. [28] The Nativity of Mary, Blessed Virgin Catholic Church in High Hill, Texas is a historic church built in 1906. [29] The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish in Lorain, Ohio was founded in 1898 to serve the Polish-American community. [30]
The Nativity or birth of Jesus Christ is found in the biblical gospels of Matthew and Luke.The two accounts agree that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, in Roman-controlled Judea, that his mother, Mary, was engaged to a man named Joseph, who was descended from King David and was not his biological father, and that his birth was caused by divine intervention.
Nativity play, a play which recounts the story of the Nativity of Jesus Nativity scene or crèche, a three-dimensional display depicting the Nativity Film, television, and theater
Christotokos (Greek: Χριστοτόκος, English: Christ-bearer) is a Greek title of Mary, the mother of Jesus, used historically by non-Ephesian (or "Nestorian") Church of the East.
The holiday has had various other English names throughout its history. The Anglo-Saxons referred to the feast as "midwinter", [11] [12] or, more rarely, as Nātiuiteð (from the Latin nātīvitās below). [11] [13] Nativity, meaning 'birth', is from the Latin nātīvitās. [14]
Latin text [4] United States Conference of Catholic Bishops English text [5] [6] Octavo Kalendas Januarii Luna N. The Twenty-fifth Day of December, Innumeris transactis saeculis a creatione mundi, quando in principio Deus creavit caelum et terram et hominem formavit ad imaginem suam;
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The Latin text of the chant, a passage from Psalm 110 (Vulgate 109) in the Old Testament, is: In splendoribus sanctorum, ex utero, ante luciferum, genui te; in English, "In the brightness of the saints: from the womb before the day star I begot you." (Douay Bible, 1610). [1] Traditionally parallels are therefore made to the story of the nativity.