I thought about it a bit 'before publishing it. I did not know whether the nature of this post was or was not coincident with the essence of this blog. Poetry, art, theater e. .. culture? Are not they all sisters? What I am about to propose is not an article of artistic interest, but it certainly is from the cultural point of view. I think in any way to spoil the contents of this blog, it maintains a certain detachment and purposes are primarily cultural. The art comes from life and culture: a man who ignores the life and culture can hardly be an artist because it would mean that there are so many aspects of their lives ignoring. So I decided to publish it, convinced that are not contradictory and out of tune, but arguments that can be easily found in history books. And the word book is a very nice word in this blog.
What really celebrate Christmas? What we now call Christmas is a Christian holiday that exists prior to its Christianization: originally it was the Dies Natalis Solis Invicti (day of birth of the unconquered sun). This festival, which fell right on December 25, was very popular among the Romans, although the ritual of Sol Invictus has its origin in the East. What not less important, the Feast of Deus Sol Invictus is antecedent to the Christian Christmas. The Christian religion and Christianize taken this holiday by making coincide with the birth of Christ.
The previous festival was celebrated a few days after the winter solstice. This falls precisely between December 21 and 22 and December 24 the sun seems to stand still in the sky. In this period we have the longest night and shortest day. After this struggle between light and darkness, the invincible or unconquerable sun wins its battle, the light defeats the darkness and return to the days get long. It was therefore a party celebrating the victory of light directly linked to astronomical events: the more you find many similar festivals in many cultures also far apart. But what did the Sol Invictus Christmas that we venerate today as the birth of Jesus? The celebration of Christmas is the first time under the reign of Constantine institutionalized by decree the celebrations of the nativity. The target date was to coincide with the pagans celebrated Sol Invictus: therefore they worshiped the Sun, the holiday fell on December 25 and this was before they did the Christians. The choice of the birth of Jesus at December 25 was nothing but a political choice to match existing holidays and public holidays "emerging". Fortunately, the rescue of the Christians was the edict of Theodosius, which established as was the only religion of Christianity. Christianity and the cult of Christmas worship were then required to be accompanied by a decree that went before, and then replace, the previous celebrations.
The two religions coexisted for a long time, and years after the edict be read again the words of Pope Leo I:
"It's so much the religion of the Sun estimated that some Christians, before entering the Basilica of San Pietro in Vatican, after climbing the stairs, turn to the sun and bending his head they bow in honor of the star shining. We are very distressed and we grieve for the fact that this is repeated for the pagan mentality. Christians must abstain from all appearance of deference This worship of the gods. "You know how
ended up and what has come down today, but the root of this festival and especially its symbolic meaning is unchanged: the sun is to lengthen the days and decreed that the victory of light over darkness and the light is symbolic birth and life, and so, by pagan festival of the sun has arrived at Christmas, the Christian feast of the birth of Baby Jesus. One thing that always coincides with the Sol Invictus: Natilis Dies Solis Invicti then good for everyone.
The previous festival was celebrated a few days after the winter solstice. This falls precisely between December 21 and 22 and December 24 the sun seems to stand still in the sky. In this period we have the longest night and shortest day. After this struggle between light and darkness, the invincible or unconquerable sun wins its battle, the light defeats the darkness and return to the days get long. It was therefore a party celebrating the victory of light directly linked to astronomical events: the more you find many similar festivals in many cultures also far apart. But what did the Sol Invictus Christmas that we venerate today as the birth of Jesus? The celebration of Christmas is the first time under the reign of Constantine institutionalized by decree the celebrations of the nativity. The target date was to coincide with the pagans celebrated Sol Invictus: therefore they worshiped the Sun, the holiday fell on December 25 and this was before they did the Christians. The choice of the birth of Jesus at December 25 was nothing but a political choice to match existing holidays and public holidays "emerging". Fortunately, the rescue of the Christians was the edict of Theodosius, which established as was the only religion of Christianity. Christianity and the cult of Christmas worship were then required to be accompanied by a decree that went before, and then replace, the previous celebrations.
The two religions coexisted for a long time, and years after the edict be read again the words of Pope Leo I:
"It's so much the religion of the Sun estimated that some Christians, before entering the Basilica of San Pietro in Vatican, after climbing the stairs, turn to the sun and bending his head they bow in honor of the star shining. We are very distressed and we grieve for the fact that this is repeated for the pagan mentality. Christians must abstain from all appearance of deference This worship of the gods. "You know how
ended up and what has come down today, but the root of this festival and especially its symbolic meaning is unchanged: the sun is to lengthen the days and decreed that the victory of light over darkness and the light is symbolic birth and life, and so, by pagan festival of the sun has arrived at Christmas, the Christian feast of the birth of Baby Jesus. One thing that always coincides with the Sol Invictus: Natilis Dies Solis Invicti then good for everyone.
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