Saturday, December 25
Nativity, Albrecht Altdorfer, c. 1513
The year from the creation of the world, when in the beginning God created heaven and earth, five thousand one hundred and ninety-nine: From the deluge, the year two thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven: From the birth of Abraham, the year two thousand and fifteen: From Moses and the going out of the people of Israel from Egypt, the year one thousand five hundred and ten: From David's being anointed king, the year one thousand and thirty-two: In the sixty-fifth week according to the prophecy of Daniel: In the one hundred and ninety-fourth Olympiad: From the building of the city of Rome, the year seven hundred and fifty-two: In the forty-second year of the reign of Octavian Augustus: The whole world being in peace: In the sixth age of the world: Jesus Christ, the eternal God, and Son of the eternal Father, wishing to consecrate this world by his most merciful coming, being conceived of the Holy Ghost, and nine months since his conception having passed, (here all genuflect) in Bethlehem of Juda, is born of the Virgin Mary, being made Man: The Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ according to the flesh.
--Roman Martyrology, December 25
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