Today is Epiphany, or the Feast of the Epiphany, or Theophany, or Three Kings\u2019 Day. Epiphany is one of the three principle and oldest festival days of the Christian church \u2014 the other two being Easter and Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Rome, by 354 Christ\u2019s birth was being celebrated on December 25, and later in the 4th century the church in Rome began celebrating Epiphany on January 6. Today, in the Western church, Epiphany primarily commemorates the visit by the Magi to the infant Jesus, which is seen as evidence that Christ, the Jewish Messiah, came also for the salvation of Gentiles. In the Eastern church, it primarily commemorates the baptism of Jesus and celebrates the revelation that the incarnate Christ was both fully God and fully man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The word epiphany isn\u2019t totally a Christian term. The word comes from the Greek epiphaneia, meaning manifestation. Zeus\u2019s alias was Epiphanes\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today kind of marks the end of the Christmas season for a lot of people, but I\u2019m pretty sure our Christmas trees will be around a while longer.
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Today is Epiphany, or the Feast of the Epiphany, or Theophany, or Three Kings\u2019 Day. Epiphany is one of the three principle and oldest festival days of the Christian church \u2014 the other two being Easter and Christmas. In Rome, … Continue reading