Today we finish up looking at the history of Christmas Christian. we will start off by talking about Cristes Maesse What is Christ? According to Christian history, it is the name we use to refer to Jesus. but in history, it is actually a title that refers to the Anointed One. The word messiah is the title that the Hebrews use to describe the coming of the savior. Christ is a title in history, not a name but we use it as a name. A title refers to somebody or something.
the Latin word for mass is missa which means dismissal. Christians in the Middle Ages partook of the bread and the wine in remembrance of Jesus dying on the cross and the blood that was shed for our sins. The service that was observed at the time was the Eucharistic service. they would remember Christ at the end of the service to go out, to be dismissed into the world again.
Moving on to a brief history of Christian Christmas in America. At the beginning of the 17th century, Christmas began. but in 1645 puritans banned Christmas festivals. The way Christmas is today was greatly shaped by the American revolution. Many of the festivals died out including Christmas due to all the turmoil of war. Many did not observe Christmas. So, They did not celebrate Christmas that much or at all until December 1789 when congress came into session that Christmas was to be celebrated on that day, December 25th. The Catholics and the Protestants celebrated Christmas but not many others. The Protestants of the time were from the Czech Republic. It wasn't declared a national (federal) holiday until an act of national congress in 1870.
There as I said yesterday so much history on Christmas that it is too much to mention so this is the finish up of a brief history of Christmas Christian and then Christmas the Beginning in America. Have A blessed day!!!!
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