{"id":2219,"date":"2004-12-22T17:12:00","date_gmt":"2004-12-22T17:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/orthodixie\/2004\/12\/xmas-ala-tmatt-getreligion.html"},"modified":"2004-12-22T17:12:00","modified_gmt":"2004-12-22T17:12:00","slug":"xmas-ala-tmatt-getreligion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/orthodixie\/2004\/12\/xmas-ala-tmatt-getreligion.html","title":{"rendered":"Xmas ala Tmatt @ GetReligion"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>It was around 200 A.D., according to St. Clement of Alexandria, that theologians in Egypt settled on May 20 as the birthday of Jesus, while others argued for dates in April and March.<\/p>\n<p>This wasn\u2019t a major issue, since early Christians emphasized the Epiphany on Jan. 6, marking Christ\u2019s baptism. Then sometime before 354, Rome began \u2026<\/p>\n<p><em>Read the full story <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shns.com\/shns\/g_index2.cfm?action=detail&amp;pk=RELIGION-FAITH-12-22-04\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">H E R E !<\/a><\/em><br><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was around 200 A.D., according to St. Clement of Alexandria, that theologians in Egypt settled on May 20 as the birthday of Jesus, while others argued for dates in April and March. This wasn\u2019t a major issue, since early Christians emphasized the Epiphany on Jan. 6, marking Christ\u2019s baptism. 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