The feast of Christmas was not celebrated in any way in the early days of Christianity. In a religious branch born of Judaism, there was no reason to celebrate the birth of the Messiah, who only became such in adulthood. Furthermore, the end of the world was seen as something immediate. If the end of the world is immediate, there is no place for celebrations. The birth of Jesus is only established as a holiday with the passage of time, when Christianity is adopted by the Roman Empire as a legitimate religion. It is at this time that the Church must give religious holidays to the masses. What the church did was take pagan festivals and infuse them with a religious sense. The feast of the Sun was on December 25, the light that conquers the darkness, Christianity could adopt the position of substituting the birth of the undefeated sun for the birth of the Messiah.
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Could Jesus be homosexual?
What was the office of Jesus?
Was Jesus a Jewish Nationalist?
Was Jesus a bigamist?
In what year was Jesus Christ really born?
Sociopolitical keys of Judea in the first century
Was Jesus of Nazareth born in Bethlehem?
Religious keys to 1st century Judaism that help us understand Jesus
What is the prevailing philosophical background in the first century?
Did Jesus have brothers?
Was Jesus married?
Was Jesus aware of his death?
Did Jesus know how to read and write?
Was Jesus a healer?
What aspects of Christianity appear in previous pagan traditions?
What do we know about the lost years of Jesus?
Was the Virgin a myth that came from older cultures?
What do we know about the Virgin Mary?
Where does the story of the Magi come from?
What do we really know about the figure of Judas and his suicide?
