As inAny Major Christmas Carols Vol. 1, this mix includes songs that come from the world of spirituals rather than traditional church hymns. The basic rule applies: If the song refers to the religious element of the feast of Christmas, it’s a Christmas carol. When I posted theAny Major ...
In the 1800s, Christmas symbols and traditions began to surface, relating each to Christian meanings. For example, Martin Luther King introduced in his church the evergreen trees as a symbol of eternal life. Later, Christmas became one of the major Christian feast days and most European countri...
The "Seat of Authority" in Christianity is variously determined by different "schools": those of the Catholic type find it in the Church; Unitarians, in the individual Conscience; whilst those roughly described as "Evangelical" refer everything to Scripture. The last-named position, of course t...
The major Muslim holidays are Ramadan, celebrated by complete fasting from dawn until dusk for an entire month; Eid al-Fitr, a three-day festival at the end of Ramadan; Eid al-Adha, a feast at the end of the hajj (the pilgrimage month to Mecca); the First of Muharram, the Muslim ...
St. Augustine(born November 13, 354, Tagaste, Numidia [now Souk Ahras, Algeria]—died August 28, 430, Hippo Regius [nowAnnaba, Algeria]; feast day August 28) was the bishop of Hippo from 396 to 430, one of the Latin Fathers of the Church and perhaps the most significant Christian thin...
And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them. Luke 5:30 But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?