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Uploaded: 30 Nov 2021 (5 years ago) · Shared: 05 Dec 2021
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Uploaded: 30 Nov 2021 (5 years ago) · Shared: 05 Dec 2021
Duration: 20:34
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Many claim that the Christmas tree is pagan and should not be used by Christians. The claim is usually made that the Christmas tree is mentioned inJeremiah 10:1-5 and that God condemns its use. Is this true? What does the historical evidence show?
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Who is Tony Costa?Tony's chief passion is in teaching and engaging students of any background in lively class discussions and interactions. He encourages them to ask thought-provoking questions and believes that life-long learning should be fun and life-changing. He is a professor with Providence Theological Seminary in Franklin, Tennessee, USA. He is the author of Worship and the Risen Jesus in the Pauline Letters as well as a contributor of scholarly essays in Christian Origins and Greco-Roman Culture and Christian Origins and Hellenistic Judaism and various journals.
What is Christmas?Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ. It is observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world. Christmas Day is a public holiday in many of the world's nations, is celebrated religiously by a majority of Christians, as well as culturally by many non-Christians, and forms an integral part of the holiday season centered around it. Although the month and date of Jesus' birth are unknown, by the early-to-mid fourth century the Western Christian Church had placed Christmas on December 25, a date that was later adopted in the East. Today, most Christians celebrate on December 25 in the Gregorian calendar, which has been adopted almost universally in the civil calendars used in countries throughout the world.
What is Pagan?Paganism is a term first used in the fourth century by early Christians. It was applied on populations of the Roman Empire who practiced polytheism, either because they were increasingly rural and provincial relative to the Christian population or because they were not milites Christi (soldiers of Christ). Alternate terms in Christian texts for the same group were hellene, gentile, and heathen. Pagan and paganism were pejorative terms for the same polytheistic group, implying its inferiority. Paganism has broadly connoted the "religion of the peasantry", and for much of its history was a derogatory term. Both during and after the Middle Ages, pagan was a pejorative term that was applied to any non-Abrahamic or unfamiliar religion, and the term presumed a belief in false god(s).
