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Christmas
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Christmas celebrates the birth of Christ. The day of the feast is called repeatedly by Augustine of Hippo
natalis (
Domini), and the day of the birth
nativitas (
Christi/Domini nostri Iesu Christi); for a compilation of places where Augustine uses the respective terms to denominate the festival see M. Klöckener (2012, 151). These two Latin words are generic words used for celebrations and birthdays, respectively. There exists no proper name in antiquity to name the feast Christmas. Despite its popularity (attempts to abo…
Date:
2024-01-19
