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  2. Nativity of Jesus - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Christ Child - Wikipedia

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    The images were quite popular among nobility of Spain and Portugal. Colonial images of the Christ child also began to wear vestments , a pious practice developed by the santero culture in later colonial years, carrying the depiction of holding the globus cruciger , a bird symbolizing a soul or the Holy Spirit , or various paraphernalia related ...

  4. The Christmas story like you've never seen it before: Kids go ...

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    Gregory agrees, adding that the real stars of the funny video are the kids who shared their thoughts with the production team. "When you put something together like this, you never think it will ...

  5. Nativity scene - Wikipedia

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    Neapolitan presepio at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh Detail of an elaborate Neapolitan presepio in Rome. In the Christian tradition, a nativity scene (also known as a manger scene, crib, crèche (/ k r ɛ ʃ / or / k r eɪ ʃ /), or in Italian presepio or presepe, or Bethlehem) is the special exhibition, particularly during the Christmas season, of art objects representing the birth ...

  6. Forensic science reveals how Jesus really looked - AOL

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    With the world's annual celebration of his birth mere weeks away, it turns out one of the most revered figures who ever walked the Earth likely didn't look like the pictures of him.

  7. Nativity of Jesus in art - Wikipedia

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    The birth of Christ represented in the Nativity stands for the birth of Christianity, a new era, which came with the 'ruination' of the old eras of Judaism and paganism. Following this, the " Adoration of the Magi " stands for the spread and acceptance of Christianity all over the world, with each of the three kings representing one of the ...

  8. Virgin birth of Jesus - Wikipedia

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    The virgin birth of Jesus is the Christian and Islamic teaching that Jesus was conceived by his mother, Mary, through the power of the Holy Spirit and without sexual intercourse. [ 1 ] Christians regard the doctrine as an explanation of the combination of the human and divine natures of Jesus .

  9. Mary, mother of Jesus - Wikipedia

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    The Council decreed that Mary is the Mother of God because her son Jesus is one person who is both God and man, divine and human. [28] This doctrine is widely accepted by Christians in general, and the term "Mother of God" had already been used within the oldest known prayer to Mary, the Sub tuum praesidium , which dates to around 250 AD.