This portion of the Martyrology was posted, as usual, at 00:01 yesterday. However, I feel that it so important, that I'm posting it again on the Feast of the Nativity itself.
When my children were small, I read this as part of Grace before our Christmas Feast.
Merry Christmas!
Octavo Kalendas Ianuarii Luna duodevicesima Anno 2018 Domini
December 25th anno Domini 2018 The 18th Day of the Moon
In the year 5199th from the creation of the world, when in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth, in the year 2957th from the flood, in the year 2015th from the birth of Abraham, in the year 1510th from the going forth the people of Israel in Moses, in the year 1032th from the anointing of David as King, in the 65th week according to the prophecy of Daniel, in the 194th Olympiad, in the 752nd from the foundation of the city of Rome, in the 42nd year of the reign of the Emperor Octavian Augustus, in the 6th age of the world, Jesus Christ, Himself Eternal God and Son of the Eternal Father, being pleased to hallow the world by His most gracious coming, having been conceived of the Holy Ghost, and when nine months were passed after His conception,(all kneel down) was born of the Virgin Mary at Bethlehem of Judah made Man, Our Lord Jesus Christ was born according to the flesh.
I found this site because I was trying to find a serious discussion of this question: "Given that the Church proclaims the date of the creation of the world in a list of otherwise historically unchallenged dates, and does so in her public worship, shouldn't we take that date seriously?
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