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Marek Jacina'southward alternative Christmas quiz

Dec 25, 2010 • 11 years ago • 4 minute read

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Reader Marek Jacina of Calgary sent this as a "non-Christian/Bible Quiz. Not sure the title makes sense but I liked the questions

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1. Although Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas on January 7 in the commonly-used Gregorian calendar, this date corresponds to December 25 on the Julian calendar, which was in mutual use until AD1582. Which pope made the unilateral decision to alter from the Julian to the Gregorian agenda (hint: the starting time part of his proper name was "Gregory") and why did he do so?
2. Although nosotros celebrate Jesus Christ's nascence on Dec 25, at that place is no mention in the Bible of the actual engagement. In fact, many sources (religious and secular) believe that Jesus was actually built-in on another engagement altogether. What is the astronomical observance that coincides with Christmas and which gives rise to many of our Christmas traditions such as decorating copse, lighting yule logs, and hanging holly, ivy, and mistletoe?
3. Which religious (and political) sect in the English Parliament succeeded in banning Christmas (temporarily) in 1647?
4. Western Christian bibles only include four "canonical" gospels (those of Matthew, Marker, Luke and John), as proclaimed in the "Damasine List" of AD 382. What are the excluded gospels called? (Bonus: At which Council did Pope Damasus I upshot his decree to include only the iv gospels?)
5. Although the age of the Globe is estimated to be well-nigh 4.5 billion years, those who believe in the existence of the creation of the Earth according to the Book of Genesis claim the the Earth is this many years quondam (Concession: Given there is some disagreement amidst them, I'll requite it to you if you're within 100 years of either of the 2 most commonly accustomed dates)?
6. The magi who visit the baby Jesus in the story of the Nativity are frequently called the "3 Wise Men" or the "3 Kings". Some observers suggest that this is an anthropomorphization of an astronomic phenomenon, by which a line of three stars points to the location where the sun rises on the morning of the December Solstice. In which constellation exercise the stars known as the "3 Kings" appear? (Bonus: Name the stars.)
7. The story of the Nativity tells of the infant Jesus being built-in of the Virgin Mary in Bethlehem. "Beth Lehem" is old Hebrew for "House of Wheat". Which sign of the Zodiac is normally found with a shaft of wheat?
8. Donkeys were an important mode of transport in Biblical times. Although Shrek does not appear in the Bible (to my knowledge), there is nonetheless a talking donkey. In which book does the talking donkey appear? (Bonus: What is the kickoff thing the donkey says?).
9. The English Christmas tradition of carolling (or caroling, if you're American) has its origins in the practice known every bit wassailing, where groups would sing from house to firm. "Wassail" comes from the Anglo-Saxon via the Centre English "waes hael". What does that mean?
10. While we're on the discipline of music, which pop folk vocalist composed and sang "The Christians and the Pagans" – a good-natured, even so tongue-in-cheek tune well-nigh an awkward family reunion over the holidays?

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1. Pope Gregory XIII. By 1582, the Julian Agenda and its ascertainment of religious holidays was out of alignment with naturally occurring observations by about 10 days (it is more than and so now, hence the thirteen-mean solar day gap betwixt the two Christmas celebrations).
2. The Solstice (winter or summer, depending on where y'all live). The reason why it falls a few days earlier than Christmas is because the aforementioned Pope Gregory XIII corrected the discrepancy in the Julian agenda dorsum to the Council of Nicaea in AD 325, not to its showtime in 46 BCE, when Julius Caesar established December 25 as the date of the Roman Winter Solstice.
3. The Puritans (who else?) later they came to ability post-obit the victory of the Parliamentarians over Charles I in the English language Civil War. Apparently, they had problems with some of the "carnal and sensual" Christmas traditions of the time, which included riotous drinking, gluttonous feasting, singing, shopping, and exchanging gifts.
4. The excluded gospels (of Thomas, Peter, and the Hebrews, among others) are called "apocryphal" suggesting doubtful authority, but stemming from the Latin word for "secret" or "not for public reading". The Damasine List were decreed at the Council of Rome.
5. The Earth was created in 5500 BCE if you are using the Greek translation of the Bible, and 4000 BCE if you are basing your calculations on the Hebrew Masoretic text. A bonus point if y'all correctly identified the appointment of the rather precise estimate of Irish Archbishop James Ussher: Sunday, October 23, 4004 BCE.
6. The "Three Kings" make up Orion's trademark belt. Although lesser known than Rigel or Betelgeuse in the same constellation, they are called Alnitak, Alnilam, and Mintaka.
7. Virgo, the Virgin. The Romans associated Virgo with Ceres, their goddess of grain crops, fertility, and motherly relationships (Demeter was the Greek equivalent).
8. The Book of Numbers (22:28). The donkey says to his incredulous master, Balaam, "What have I done to you to make you vanquish me these three times?" (Bible, New International Version, 2010)
9. Be salubrious!
10. Dar Williams (from her 1996 album "Mortal Metropolis").

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