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Earliest Christmas Dates Complicates Church History
The text traces how Christmas was not fixed early in Christian history. Various groups debated its date from January 6 to March 25, with December 25 first linked to Christ’s birth in late antiquity. It notes Theophilus of Antioch, Clement of Alexandria, and Chrysostom, among others, and highlights Rome, Alexandria, and Britain’s long observance and later restrictions.
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Christ
Theophilus of Antioch
Magdeburg
Soyeuse Feg Dean Fend To
Hippolytus
Daniel
Jesus
Bethlehem
Augustus
Philocals
Faust
Mommsen
Jesus Christ
Clement of Alexandria
B. C
Cerenthus
Artemon
Antioch
Constantius
Basil of
Caesarea
Honorius
Arcadius
Byzantium
Theophilus
Alexandria
John
Jerusalem
Flavian
Anastasius
Rome
Juvenal
Britain
England
Charles II
Lord Jesus Christ