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581 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Hind of the Morning, The.4

… Hood, Christmas Evans, the Preacher of Wild Wales, 92 ff.

582 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jesus Christ, 2.36

… . The Christmas date, December 25, is first met with in the West in the 4th century (the eastern date was January 6), and was then possibly borrowed from a pagan festival …

583 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jesus Christ, 4a.26

… , the Christmas hymn of the generations ( Luke 2:1 - 14 ). The shepherds, guided as to how to recognize the babe ( Luke 2:12 ), went at once, and found it to be ever, as they had …

584 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Pentecost.9

… of Christmas, which began to appear about 360 AD. Easter, the beginning of the pentecostal period, closed the "Quadragesima," or "Lent," the entire period of which …

585 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Vulgate.49

… . On Christmas Day, 801 AD, he presented the emperor with the emended text. The authority by which this text was prepared and its public use together with the …

586 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Jesus Christ.3 (William Smith)

… for Christmas, December 25, is not far from the real date of Christ’s birth. Since the 25th of December comes when the longest night gives way to the returning …

587 History of the Sabbath and First Day of the Week, p. 344.6 (John Nevins Andrews)

… with Christmas, Good Friday, and other festivals of the church; and as resting with them on the ground of ecclesiastical authority and tradition.” Cox’s Sabbath …

588 History of the Sabbath and First Day of the Week, p. 448.3 (John Nevins Andrews)

… . On Christmas, 1521, he gave the sacrament in both kinds to the laity, and in German; and in January 1522, he married. His headlong zeal led him to do whatever he came …

589 Memoirs of William Miller, p. 341.3 (Sylvester Bliss)

On Christmas Day he communicated the following:

590 Memoirs of William Miller, p. 341.5 (Sylvester Bliss)

… the Christmas chant, ‘Peace on earth and good will to men,’ 1847 years ago? If I could know this fact I would believe that, before another Christmas, I should hear …

591 Refutation of Forty-Four So-Called Objections Against the Ancient Sabbath, p. 18.2 (Daniel T. Bourdeau)

… , like Christmas, New Year’s, etc., would indeed be a wall between us, would be contrary to us, and a galling yoke that we Gentiles could not bear. This entire system …

592 The Change of the Sabbath, p. 88.3 (George Ide Butler)

… with Christmas, Good Friday, and other festivals of the church; and as resting with them on the ground of ecclesiastical authority and tradition!”- Sabbath …

593 The Change of the Sabbath, p. 116.6 (George Ide Butler)

… with Christmas, Good Friday, and other festivals of the church. And as resting with them on the ground of ecclesiastical authority and tradition.”— Cox’s Sabbath …

594 The Change of the Sabbath, p. 133.7 (George Ide Butler)

… , like Christmas, Good Friday, or other days appointed by the church? We quote as follows:

595 The Change of the Sabbath, p. 153.8 (George Ide Butler)

… , or Christmas day. His circumcision, or New Year’s day; the Epiphany, or twelfth day; Easter day, or the day of our Lord’s resurrection; the day of our Lord’s ascension …

596 The Change of the Sabbath, p. 165.3 (George Ide Butler)

… Easter, Christmas, Good Friday, and other church holidays.

597 The Story of Daniel the Prophet, p. 55.1 (Stephen Nelson Haskell)

… celebrate Christmas with feasting, lighted candles, holly, and mistletoe. It is in commemoration of Babylonian heathen gods that they eat eggs on Easter …

598 The Story of Daniel the Prophet, p. 279 (Stephen Nelson Haskell)

… 227 Christmas a relic of Babylonian customs 55 Church and state, union of in Babylon 29 Church and state, union of near end of world 35 Church and state, union …

599 The “Abiding Sabbath” and the “Lord’s Day”, p. 65.5 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

… does Christmas, or the Fourth of July, or any other yearly celebration. Therefore whatever were its occurrences, they could have no purpose in giving to the …

600 The Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, vol. 76 January 31, 1899, page 73 paragraph 12

… does Christmas or the Fourth of July, or any other yearly celebration.”