Chapter 830

"Except for the mysterious star of Bethlehem, we know nothing about the day when the Son of God was born."

At this point, her eyes became somewhat meaningful.

"If you can't even figure out the date of your birth, then where does the date of commemoration come from?"

"Why does Christmas become the anniversary of the birth of the Son of God?"

After hearing Canary's words, everyone was stunned.

Yes!

If you don’t even know your birth date, how do you decide the date of your birthday every year?

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You can't just choose it randomly, right?

Think of this.

Everyone realized that there must be something shady.

And actually.

Not only in the Bible, there is no clear record of the birth date of Jesus at all.

In fact, in the first two centuries or so, Christians did not have such a festival.

It was not until the third century AD that ordinary believers became interested in commemorating the birthday of the Son of God.

Some people think that the Son of God was born on March 28th, some think it was April 24th, and still others say it was May 20th. In short, all twelve months were chosen, including December 25th.

Many famous theologians of the time were angry that a group of mortals dared to randomly assign a birthday to Jesus.

Before the Emperor of Constantinople, the Christian religion was originally in disarray, with each faction having its own opinions.

Therefore, none of these suggestions were actually implemented.

The real opportunity began after Emperor Constantinople changed his faith and joined Christianity.

And before discussing this.

A more important issue needs to be discussed.

That is——

"Lord Canary, since Christmas is not the day when the Son of God is born, then where does this holiday come from?"

The little black rabbit has big questions in his head.

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"So, where did the Christians steal Christmas from? Master, please tell me!"

Algor had the same questions in his mind as Black Rabbit.

However, compared to Black Rabbit's pure curiosity and thirst for knowledge.

All Alger showed was just gloating over his misfortune.

She once went to war with the Crusaders and suffered at the hands of the Crusaders. Now she just wants to see the Crusaders suffer.

It doesn't matter whether exposing this scandal will benefit you or not; what's most important is that it can make the other party look embarrassed.

Naturally, Su Mo didn't mind cooperating with her.

"Even when the Roman emperor, Constantinople the Great, embraced Christianity, the largest religion in the Roman Empire was still not Christianity, but Mithraism."

"Even with the support of the emperor, it is still very difficult to defeat Mithraism, which has been the state religion for a long time."

There is no need to put into words the extent to which Mithraism flourished during the Roman Empire.

To put it simply, the pattern of Mithras was engraved on coins and became the common currency of the Roman Empire, which shows its dominance.

Before the Emperor of Constantinople converted to Christianity, he himself was a believer in Mithraism.

"And it just so happens that the god worshiped by Mithraism, Mithras, the god of the sun and contract, his birthday happens to be December 15th, which is the date of Christmas!"

At this point, Su Mo's eyes became a little playful.

At this time, Alger, who was standing beside him, started to praise him without a teacher.

"Hey! What's going on?"

"The Cross Church clearly states that Christmas is a day to commemorate the birth of the Son of God. But why is the birthday of their Son of God not this day, but the birthday of God Mithras?"

"Oh! It's really weird~!"

Alger, who was full of yin and yang, directly filled the room with ridicule.

If she hadn't been strong, she would have been hacked to death by the angry Gabriel and Raphael.

Michael's expression was also as gloomy as water.

Unfortunately, facing Su Mo, his hope of victory was slim.

But Su Mo's voice did not stop.

"Roman custom itself welcomes any foreign gods, and the Pantheon is the best proof of this."

"So, even if there is support from the emperor, if the Crusaders want to grow bigger, they must not only consider the behemoth Mithras, but also be wary of other small sects."

"In this case, the Christian religion took a measure - that is, to fully accept the festivals of other sects and only make nominal changes to them."

It has to be said that Christianity has grasped the key point.

This was the greatest weakness of the Romans.

The saying that the Romans were arrogant and extravagant has been widely circulated in the West.

In fact, even regardless of the tendency to smear, human nature itself loves pleasure.

This was especially true for the Romans who had extremely rich material civilization at that time.

As mentioned before, during the third century AD, people became keen to commemorate the birthday of the Son of God.

However, do these people really have noble beliefs when they make such demands?

I'm afraid not necessarily.

There are certainly devout believers, but they will never be the majority.

The reason why most Christian believers want to commemorate the birthday of the Son of God.

To put it bluntly, there is only one reason——

——According to Roman regulations, religious holidays can be taken openly and openly!

People's needs are actually very simple.

Have a holiday!

Take a long vacation!

Zoom in on the long holiday!

Christianity seized this point and changed the names of other religious festivals and directly incorporated them into its own system.

In this way, by joining Christianity, you can enjoy more holidays from other sects.

Joining other sects, you will lose some holidays.

Gains and losses are visible to the naked eye.

Christianity has integrated many festivals from other sects with many similar strategies, thus gradually eroding the believers of other sects.

In the end, it unified Europe for thousands of years.

"And making Mithra's birthday a festival of its own sect and calling it Christmas to celebrate the birth of the Son of God is one of the successful cases of this measure."

At first, Christianity just took holidays with Mithraism, just to catch the heat.

After a long time, they eroded Mithraism and became the only faith in Europe.

Christmas became their undisputed exclusive holiday.

Fixed customs, even Christianity itself cannot get rid of them.

This festival has been passed down to this day and has become what people are familiar with now.

Speaking of this.

Su Mo let out a long breath.

The look in his eyes towards the angels in front of him was slightly mocking.

"So, who is the thief and who is the robber? Do I need to emphasize this to you again?"

The angels were silent.

Su Mo's logic was too clear, and they couldn't find a suitable reason to refute it.

And the fact is that.

Christmas has never existed in the two hundred years since the rise of Christianity.

It was not until the third century AD that it caught up with the popularity of Mithra and suddenly a festival called Christmas appeared.

Later, after gaining the support of Constantinople the Great and the popularity of other sects, it gradually became a top stream.

Su Mo's words spread across the earth through the wind.

After hearing these arguments, everyone showed an eye-opening look.

Obviously, they all roughly judged that Su Mo's words were not false.

At this time, on the earth.

After listening to Su Mo's words, Canary also nodded and supplemented what Su Mo had not said.

"' 〃Su Mo is right. Christmas in Christianity is originally a fusion of festivals from other religions."

"The commemoration date of Christmas comes from the birthday of Mithra, the god of the sun and contract."

"The legend of Santa Claus comes from the story of Odin sending (money) gifts in Norse mythology."

"Santa Claus's elk is the descendant of Odin's eight-legged Pegasus, the result of a distorted inheritance."

"Even the Christmas tree is a symbol of the Roman mythological god of agriculture."

-Tree worship is a heresy for Christianity and an evil Druid belief that is not tolerated.

-Interestingly, this evil custom has not been removed because of the heresy trial and has been passed down with Christmas.

At this point, Canary tapped her lips and blinked playfully.

"In addition to the name, if you have to say what the Christmas celebration has to do with Christianity, it is probably the star hanging on the top of the Christmas tree!"

This shining star symbolizes the Star of Bethlehem.

It is also the only custom in Christmas customs that can be linked to the Son of God in religious significance.

As for the others, almost all of them are a fusion of heresy.

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"Hahaha! So that's it, Christmas is something you stole!"

Hearing Su Mo and Canary strip the underwear of the Christians completely.

Alger put his hands on his hips and laughed, mocking the angels in front of him.

Others on the battlefield also showed an expression of learning new knowledge.

So, the signature festival of the Christians.

After a long time, all of them were stolen from others.

In the end, only one star decoration was his own.

And this custom may have been added later to cover up the truth.

After all, putting the symbol of the Son of God on the top of the Christmas tree worshiped by the Druids.

It is really hard to say whether this behavior is respectful or blasphemous.