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Star with royal beauty bright

January 07, 2023

Before the 16th century, Christians generally assumed that the Star of Bethlehem must have been some kind of astrological miracle. For instance, the Church Father St John Chrysostom believed that the Star of Bethlehem literally came down from heaven and stood over the manger where Jesus lay.

On the Twelfth Day of Christmas: A Prayer to the Three Kings

January 05, 2023

An eloquent prayer dedicated to the devotion of the Magi written by the English Catholic and literary great Evelyn Waugh

The astronomy and astrology of the star of Bethlehem

January 02, 2023

'We saw his star in the East' and followed it thence

The Story of the Wise Men continues to intrigue and inspire

January 01, 2023

Following the star to find the holy, human, divine child

Revealed: the true identity of the Magi

January 06, 2018

When I investigated the story of the Three Wise Men, I found something more profound than the popular legend

Who were these mysterious wise men?

January 05, 2018

A new book examines the historical evidence

Why depict the Magi as three kings? This painting gives us an answer

December 15, 2017

Before God all worldly power is as nothing

How I learned to love the beautiful customs of Epiphany

January 09, 2017

I'm ready to embrace the small and symbolic traditions that I once thought of as archaic

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