Török Zsolt wrote: >Una peste alta, rugamintea mea este ca daca stiti de/ati intalnit >cumva publicatii in care sa fie facute referiri la acea decizie din >secolul VI, va rog sa imi indicati sursa/sursele respective
cf. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Christ#Chronology cf. notele de subsol, cu trimiteri la literatura secundara de specialitate. # "The nativity accounts in Matthew and Luke do not mention a date or time of year for the birth of Jesus. In Western Christianity, it has been traditionally celebrated in the liturgical season of Christmastide as Christmas on 25 December, a date that can be traced as early as 330 among Roman Christians. "Before then, and still today in Eastern Christianity, Jesus' birth was generally celebrated on January 6 as part of the feast of Theophany,[8] also known as Epiphany, which commemorated not only Jesus' birth but also his baptism by John in the Jordan River and possibly additional events in Jesus' life. Some scholars note that the event described in Luke of the shepherds' activities suggest a spring or summer date for Jesus' birth.[9] "Scholars speculate that the date of the celebration was moved by the Roman Catholic Church in an attempt to replace the Roman festival of Saturnalia (or more specifically, the birthday of the pagan god Sol Invictus).[8]" g
