Christmas was not among the earliest festivals of the church ... the first evidence of the feast is from Egypt." (Catholic Encyclopaedia 1911 edition)
There is no authoritative tradition as to the day or month of Christ's birth ... The winter solstice was regarded as the birthday of the sun and at Rome a pagan festival of the nativity of 'sol invictus' was introduced by the Emperor Aurelian on 25th December (Chambers Encyclopaedia 1970)
I would like to say how impressed I am with GGC, there performances and the ministry. I was blessed this past weekend to be able to attend Sunday service. Visiting from Northern Wisconsin I was blown away by the message and how inviting everything was. GGC's members are blessed to have such a wonderful church to belong to, I am so happy that my sister is part of your church.
Lisa, you have some seriously amazing endurance. I wanted to take a breath for you. Wowser! As always, you all rocked!
amandamorick 2 months ago
Christmas was not among the earliest festivals of the church ... the first evidence of the feast is from Egypt." (Catholic Encyclopaedia 1911 edition)
There is no authoritative tradition as to the day or month of Christ's birth ... The winter solstice was regarded as the birthday of the sun and at Rome a pagan festival of the nativity of 'sol invictus' was introduced by the Emperor Aurelian on 25th December (Chambers Encyclopaedia 1970)
derekdb2 1 year ago
I would like to say how impressed I am with GGC, there performances and the ministry. I was blessed this past weekend to be able to attend Sunday service. Visiting from Northern Wisconsin I was blown away by the message and how inviting everything was. GGC's members are blessed to have such a wonderful church to belong to, I am so happy that my sister is part of your church.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Kymberley Collins
kymmyify 2 years ago
Great!
laserheart 2 years ago
love it!
he3reigns 2 years ago