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Etymology Of Christmas by johnmba: 1:25pm On Dec 25, 2018
Christmas" is a shortened form of "Christ's mass". (The Mass, known more fully as the Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is the central liturgical ritual in the Catholic Church where the Eucharist is consecrated. The Church describes the Holy Mass as "the source and summit of the Christian life" )

It is derived from the Middle English Cristemasse, which is from Old English Crīstesmæsse, a phrase first recorded in 1038[9] followed by the word Cristes-messe in 1131.[32] Crīst (genitive Crīstes) is from Greek Khrīstos (Χριστός), a translation of Hebrew Māšîaḥ (מָשִׁיחַ), "Messiah", meaning "anointed";[33][34] and mæsse is from Latin missa, the celebration of the Eucharist.

The form Christenmas was also historically used, but is now considered archaic and dialectal;[35] it derives from Middle English Cristenmasse, literally "Christian mass".[36] Xmas is an abbreviation of Christmas found particularly in print, based on the initial letter chi (Χ) in Greek Khrīstos (Χριστός), "Christ", though numerous style guides discourage its use;[37] it has precedent in Middle English Χρ̄es masse (where "Χρ̄" is an abbreviation for Χριστός).[36]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas
Re: Etymology Of Christmas by johnmba: 1:31pm On Dec 25, 2018
Please we should ignore daddy freezer..

Happy birthday to our Lord.

The best celebration is to accept him in our lives

Cc lalastic
Seun
Myd44
Re: Etymology Of Christmas by Nobody: 1:41pm On Dec 25, 2018
johnmba:
Please we should ignore daddy freezer..

Happy birthday to our Lord.

The best celebration is to accept him in our lives

Cc lalastic
Seun
Myd44

Knowledge is power.

If you do your own research you’ll see that freeze is right.

Ever since the talk started, have you for one day researched the true origin of Christmas?
Re: Etymology Of Christmas by johnmba: 1:50pm On Dec 25, 2018
mrAMG:


Knowledge is power.

If you do your own research you’ll see that freeze is right.

Ever since the talk started, have you for one day researched the true origin of Christmas?

I have known that Christ wasnt born on 25th Dec. The day was choosen by the catholic church to celebrate Christ birthday.
Re: Etymology Of Christmas by Nobody: 1:53pm On Dec 25, 2018
johnmba:


I have known that Christ wasnt born on 25th Dec. The day was choosen by the catholic church to celebrate Christ birthday.

Just go and research
Re: Etymology Of Christmas by whitebeard(m): 1:58pm On Dec 25, 2018
mrAMG:


Just go and research
and then what..even angels celebrated Jesus birth...! OK fine we can decide to day today 25 we would celebrate Christ birth..! Will u still say it pagan..or what if we change the date to another will u still say it pagan..!!

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Re: Etymology Of Christmas by johnmba: 1:59pm On Dec 25, 2018
mrAMG:


Just go and research

Research what again abeg. Maybe we will tell the pope to change the date to Jan 20. Will that be ok by you or is it another pegan god birthday
Re: Etymology Of Christmas by Nobody: 2:02pm On Dec 25, 2018
whitebeard:
and then what..even angels celebrated Jesus birth...! OK fine we can decide to day today 25 we would celebrate Christ birth..! Will u still say it pagan..or what if we change the date to another will u still say it pagan..!!

“It’s” not “It”
Re: Etymology Of Christmas by Nobody: 2:03pm On Dec 25, 2018
johnmba:


Research what again abeg. Maybe we will tell the pope to change the date to Jan 20. Will that be ok by you or is it another pegan god birthday

Never mind then
Re: Etymology Of Christmas by whitebeard(m): 2:09pm On Dec 25, 2018
mrAMG:


“It’s” not “It”
It used to be we thought that people who went around correcting other people's grammar were just plain annoying. Now there's evidence they are actually ill, suffering from a type of obsessive-compulsive disorder/oppositional defiant disorder (OCD/ODD).


Get help ma niggie

Re: Etymology Of Christmas by Nobody: 2:11pm On Dec 25, 2018
whitebeard:
It used to be we thought that people who went around correcting other people's grammar were just plain annoying. Now there's evidence they are actually ill, suffering from a type of obsessive-compulsive disorder/oppositional defiant disorder (OCD/ODD).


Get help ma niggie

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