Zone1 the day of the 3 Magi on 6 january is a holiday in germany

[BreezeWood]

Who said so??

if you must know - the heavens ...

 

[irosie91]

yes 91 ...

why wasn't mary stoned to death in common parlance for the time ...

Something they didn't teach you in Jelly-bean school----the Pharisees at THAT TIME
all but deleted capital punishment-----It was almost impossible for the DA to get
a death sentence. ALSO---there is no reason to believe that Mary committed the capital
offense---ADULTERY. Sex before marriage was not even a crime. Adultery
requires sex with a MARRIED WOMAN---married to some other guy. Even you
must have known that------but even adultery did not result in execution----it was
grounds for divorce. -------you must be thinking of the american christian interpretation ---
PURITANS -----Hester Prynne----and---some other person chillyworth??? uhm---roger or
some other player

 

[BreezeWood]

Something they didn't teach you in Jelly-bean school----the Pharisees at THAT TIME
all but deleted capital punishment-----It was almost impossible for the DA to get
a death sentence. ALSO---there is no reason to believe that Mary committed the capital
offense---ADULTERY. Sex before marriage was not even a crime. Adultery
requires sex with a MARRIED WOMAN---married to some other guy. Even you
must have known that------but even adultery did not result in execution----it was
grounds for divorce. -------you must be thinking of the american christian interpretation ---
PURITANS -----Hester Prynne----and---some other person chillyworth??? uhm---roger or
some other player

indeed 91 - no moses, commandments involved ... adultery (married woman) is a criminal.

sorry, the wise men are for a reason - they knew, they were not desert dwellers - zebra weeps in agony ... their hero longinus does them right - in the end.

 

[irosie91]

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indeed 91 - no moses, commandments involved ... adultery (married woman) is a criminal.

sorry, the wise men are for a reason - they knew, they were not desert dwellers - zebra weeps in agony ... their hero longinus does them right - in the end.

adultery is defined as sex with a married woman---both the woman and the man
involved are considered guilty-----NEW YORK LAW-----calvinists knew the law of Moses

 

[BreezeWood]

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adultery is defined as sex with a married woman---both the woman and the man
involved are considered guilty-----NEW YORK LAW-----calvinists knew the law of Moses

that's the point - they claim heavenly personification where there is non - that's you, judaism ... nothing else.

they did not stone mary contrary to your beneficence because the magi were sent by the heavens to kill them if they tried ... true heavenly personification as the truth is for the taking.

 

[irosie91]

that's the point - they claim heavenly personification where there is non - that's you, judaism ... nothing else.

they did not stone mary contrary to your beneficence because the magi were sent by the heavens to kill them if they tried ... true heavenly personification as the truth is for the taking.

clearly, you never met a zoroastrian

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

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As a new Catholic, I participated in the Epiphany tradition of chalking the series of numbers over the entrances to my home, as a blessing.


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[The Irish Ram]

Z, have they determined where the 3 came from?

 

[Zebra]

Now i wonder … is there also a custom in the US, that the 3 Magi go from door to door, to write a blessing?

It is not known?

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

It is not known?

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Yes, as I explained in post #47. But really known only to Catholics, mostly.


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[Zebra]

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As a new Catholic, I participated in the Epiphany tradition of chalking the series of numbers over the entrances to my home, as a blessing.


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Here it would be ….

20 … C .. M … B …. 25

 

[Zebra]

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Yes, as I explained in post #47. But really known only to Catholics, mostly.


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I have seen it now,

 

[Zebra]

and these 3 Magi write this on the door: CMB

that are their names

and also ..

Christus mansionem benedicat

= Christ may bless this house!

Is this done by US Catholics as well?

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

Is this done by US Catholics as well?

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You got that right!


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[Zebra]

Z, have they determined where the 3 came from?

one can only guess ....

 

[Zebra]

Here it would be ….

...... .. 20 … C .. M … B …. 25 .....

and the space in between is filled by the sign of the cross each

 

[Zebra]

also in spain and in many other countries …


what about the us?
is it known at all?

January 6 may have a political meaning in the US

 

[Zebra]

instead of no kings this is about three kings,!

 

[Zebra]

Co.incidence or not ..

CMB are both the initials of the 3 Holy Kings
and the three Holy Maidens …

Catharina, Margareta, Barbara

Caspar, Melchior, Balthasar

3 is a holy number ….. think of the trinity ….

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

and the space in between is filled by the sign of the cross each

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I have done enough research to know that Lutherans do this also, and my Lutheran friend shared a great prayer for the protection of the Blood of Christ, and we both plan on chalking our doors on the Eve of Epiphany.

I'm happy that we are learning that we have so many traditions in common.

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