Luke's Gospel tells the most-beloved version of the story of Jesus' birth to the virgin Mary, from the angel Gabriel's ...
Does the Gospel of Luke really tell the truth about the Nativity? Was Quirinius really the governor of Syria at the time of ...
The Bible tells an overall story about the history of the world: creation, fall, redemption and Last Judgement. But who wrote ...
This article explores the origins of the Nativity scene, St. Francis of Assisi's role in its creation, and its cultural and ...
And Joseph also went up from Galilee, which is called Bethlehem (because he was of the house and lineage of David) to be taxed with ...
Mary kept all these things, pondering them in her heart” In those days, a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled. This was the first enrollment, when Quirinus was ...
The Nativity story continued to expand within Christian devotional culture well after Francis’ death. In 1291, Pope Nicholas ...
The Southeast Missourian shares the timeless Christmas story from the Gospel of Luke, recounting the humble birth of Jesus in ...
Kristof: So let’s go back to the Nativity. Of the four Gospels, two describe the virgin birth of Jesus and two don’t mention ...
A few weeks ago, the renowned Jesuit composer Fr. Manoling Francisco gave an Advent recollection at the Our Lady of Pentecost ...
Contemporary retellings of the Nativity story often weave together both narratives found in the Gospel of Matthew and the ...
Right after Marcion, we have evidence from Rome that some other people sat down and wrote a new harmony of the gospels of Matthew and Mark and Luke, melding them together into one gospel.