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The author explores the elements of the Nativity story, which hold profound meaning: the poverty in which "he who is truly the first-born of all that is" chooses to reveal himself, the "cosmic glory" that envelopes the manger, God's special love for the poor, which manifests itself in the annunciation to the shepherds, and the words of the Gloria.
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.
Christmas Story is a Historia, a setting of the Gospel intended to be performed during a service instead of the Gospel reading.The original title read: Historia der freuden- und gnadenreichen Geburt Gottes und Marien Sohnes Jesu Christi (Historia of the joyful und blessed birth of Jesus Christ, son of God and Mary). [1]
There is a serious debate as to whether Luke's nativity story is an original part of his gospel. [18] Chapters 1 and 2 are written in a style quite different from the rest of the gospel, and the dependence of the birth narrative on the Greek Septuagint is absent from the remainder. [19]
The adoration is an episode in the nativity narrative of the Gospel of Luke.Shepherds are watching their flocks by night, apparently near Bethlehem, when an angel appears to announce the good news that "today in the City of David a Saviour has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord". [1]
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Map of the Nativity narrative according to Luke: Map of the Nativity narrative according to Matthew: 1. Annunciation to Mary in Nazareth 1. Annunciation to Joseph: 2. Census of Quirinius (6–7 CE) – 3. Joseph and Mary travel from Nazareth to Bethlehem – 4. Birth of Jesus in Bethlehem 2. Birth of Jesus in Bethlehem 5.
Annunciation to Joachim and Anna, fresco by Gaudenzio Ferrari, 1544–45 (detail). The Gospel of James (or the Protoevangelium of James) [Note 1] is a second-century infancy gospel telling of the miraculous conception of the Virgin Mary, her upbringing and marriage to Joseph, the journey of the couple to Bethlehem, the birth of Jesus, and events immediately following.