క్రిస్టమస్: కూర్పుల మధ్య తేడాలు

ఏదేమైనా కొన్ని తూర్పు క్రైస్తవ చర్చిలు పాత జూలియన్ కేలండర్ ప్రకారమే జూలియన్ డిసెంబరు నెల 25 తేదీన, అంటే ప్రస్తుత గ్రెగోరియన్ కేలండర్లోని జనవరి 6 తేదీన జరుపుకుంటున్నాయి. ఈ తేదీ తర్వాతి రోజునే పశ్చిమ క్రైస్తవ చర్చిలు ఎపిఫనీ అనే పండుగ చేసుకుంటాయి. ఐతే ఇది డిసెంబరు 25 తేదీపైన అనంగీకారం కాదు, డిసెంబరు 25 తేదీని ఏ కాలెండర్ ని అనుసరించి నిర్ణయించాలన్న అంశంపైన తూర్పు క్రైస్తవుల్లో కొందరికి జూలియన్ కాలెండర్ మీదున్న మొగ్గు. పైపెచ్చు క్రైస్తవులు సరిగ్గా ఏ తేదీన జన్మించాడో అదే తేదీన పండుగ చేసుకోవాలన్నది క్రిస్మస్ ప్రధాన కారణం కాదనీ, దేవుడు మానవ రూపంలో మానవ జాతి పాపాలను తొలగించడానికి భూమిపైకి వచ్చాడన్న కారణంగానే క్రిస్మస్ జరుపుకోవాలని, అదే క్రిస్మస్ పండుగకు ప్రధాన ఉద్దేశంగా ఉండాలని సిద్ధాంతం.<ref name="Joan Chittister, Phyllis Tickle">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=inhMGc5732kC&pg=PT40&dq=date+of+christmas+important#v=onepage&q=date%20of%20christmas%20important&f=false|title=The Liturgical Year|date=November 3, 2009|publisher=[[Thomas Nelson (publisher)|Thomas Nelson]]|isbn=978-1-4185-8073-5|quote=Christmas is not really about the celebration of a birth date at all. It is about the celebration of a birth. The fact of the date and the fact of the birth are two different things. The calendrical verification of the feast itself is not really that important ... What is important to the understanding of a life-changing moment is that it happened, not necessarily where or when it happened. The message is clear: Christmas is not about marking the actual birth date of Jesus. It is about the Incarnation of the One who became like us in all things but sin (Heb. 4:15) and who humbled Himself "to the point of death-even death on a cross" (Phil. 2:8). Christmas is a pinnacle feast, yes, but it is not the beginning of the liturgical year. It is a memorial, a remembrance, of the birth of Jesus, not really a celebration of the day itself. We remember that because the Jesus of history was born, the Resurrection of the Christ of faith could happen.|accessdate=April 2, 2009}}</ref><ref name="Voice-Christmas">{{వెబ్ మూలము|url=http://www.crivoice.org/cyxmas.html|title=The Christmas Season|publisher=CRI / Voice, Institute|accessdate=April 2, 2009}}</ref><ref name="Harvard University">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=x_kBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA469&dq=date+of+christmas+unimportant#v=onepage&q=date%20of%20christmas%20unimportant&f=false|title=The School Journal, Volume 49|publisher=[[Harvard University]]|year=1894|quote=Throughout the Christian world the 25th of December is celebrated as the birthday of Jesus Christ. There was a time when the churches were not united regarding the date of the joyous event. Many Christians kept their Christmas in April, others in May, and still others at the close of September, till finally December 25 was agreed upon as the most appropriate date. The choice of that day was, of course, wholly arbitrary, for neither the exact date not the period of the year at which the birth of Christ occurred is known. For purposes of commemoration, however, it is unimportant whether the celebration shall fall or not at the precise anniversary of the joyous event.|access-date=April 2, 2009}}</ref><ref name="McGrath2006">{{Cite book|title=Christianity: An Introduction|last=[[Alister McGrath]]|date=February 13, 2006|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=9781405108997|page=15|language=English|quote=For Christians, the precise date of the birth of Jesus is actually something of a non-issue. What really matters is that he was born as a human being, and entered into human history.}}CS1 maint: Unrecognized language ([[:వర్గం:CS1 maint: Unrecognized language|link]])

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