2019年优秀圣诞节英文手抄报素材资料-圣诞由来

2024年4月1日发(作者：倪俊声)

优秀圣诞节英文手抄报素材资料圣诞由来

Do you know? Origin of Chdstmas___圣诞由来

The name Christmas is short for“Christ’s Mass”．A Mass is a kind of Church rvice．Christmas is a

religious festivaI．It is the day we celebrate as the

birthday of Jesus．

There are special Christmas rvices in Christian

churches all over the world．But many of the festivities of

Christmas do not have anything to do with religion．Exchanging gifts and nding Christmas cards are the modern

ways of celebrating the Christmas In the world．

The birth of Jesus had a story：In Nazareth，a

city of Galilee．The vIrgin’s name was Mary was

betrothed to Joph．Before they came together，she

was found with

child of the Holy Spirit．Joph，her husband was

minded to put her away cretly．While he thought about

the things，Gabriel，an angel of the Lord appeared to

him in a

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dream and told hIm did not be afraid to take Mary as

wife．And Mary，will bring forth a Son，and he

shall call his name，Jesus,for he will save his people

from their sins．

Before Jesus births．Joph and Mary came to

Quintus was governing Syria．So all went to be registered，everyone to his own city．Joph also went up out of

Galilee．out of the city of Nazareth．into Judea，to the city of David．which iS called Bethlehem，becau he was of the hou and of the lineage of David，to be registered with Mary。his betrothed wife，who was

with child．So it was that while they were there．the

days were completed for her to be delivered．And she

brought forth her firstborn Son．and wrapped him in

swaddling cloths．and laid him in a manger．becau

there was no room for them jn the jnn．And that．Christmas IS the feast of the nativity of Jesus．is on

25th，December every year．But nobody know the acluaI

birthday of Jesus．And the Christmas has become popular

when Christmas cards appeared in 1 846 and the concept of a

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joily Santa Claus was first made popular in nineteenth

Century．

“圣诞节”这个名称是“基督弥撒”的缩写。弥撒是教会的一种礼拜仪式。耶诞节是一个宗节我们把它当作耶稣的诞辰来庆祝，因而又名耶诞节。这一天，世界所有的基督教会都举行特别的礼拜仪式。但是有很多圣诞节的欢庆活动和宗教并无半点关联。交换礼物，寄圣个诞卡，这都使圣诞节成为一个普天同庆的日子。

圣诞节是基督教世界的节日。4世纪初，1月6日是罗马帝国东部各教会纪念耶稣降生和受洗的双重节日、称为“主显节”Epiphany，亦称“显现节”即上帝通过耶稣向世人显示自己。当时只有耶路撒冷的教会例外，那里只纪念耶稣的诞生而不纪念耶稣的受洗。后来历史学家们在罗马基督徒习用的日历中发现公元xx年12月25日页内记录着：“基督降生在犹大的伯利恒。”经过研究，一般认为12月25日伴为圣诞节可能开始于公元xx年的罗马教会)约在公第 3 页 共 5 页

元xx年传到小亚细亚的安提阿，公元xx年传到埃及的亚历山大里亚，耶路撒冷的教会接受得最晚，而亚美尼亚的教会则仍然坚持1月6日主显节是耶稣的诞

辰。

12月25日原来是波斯太阳神(即光明之神)密特拉(Mithra)的诞辰，是一个异教徒节日，同时太阳神也是罗马国教众神之一。这一天又是罗马历书的冬至节，崇拜太阳神的异教徒

都把这一天当作春天的希望，万物复苏的开始。可能由于这个原因，罗马教会才选择这一天作为圣诞节。这是教会初期力图把异教徒的风俗习惯基督教化的措施之一。

后来，虽然大多数教会都接受12月25日为圣诞节，但又固各地教会使用的历书不同，具体日期不能统一，于是就把12月24日到第二年的1月6日定为圣诞节节期(Christmas Tide)，各地教会可以根据当地具体情况在这段节期之内庆祝圣诞节。自从12月25日被大多数教会公认为圣诞节后，原来1月6日的主显节就只纪念第 4 页 共 5 页