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Dec 19, 2021 · Today on Gate of theories we bring you a then and now for the cast of the great Christmas movie Nativity, enjoy. If you enjoy the video make sure you smash t...
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Dec 22, 2019 · In 1223, in Italy, St. Francis of Assisi created the very first Nativity scene as we know it, to inspire the local townspeople. Meant to mark the birth of Jesus, each crèche is an...
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- St. Francis' Devotion to The Baby Jesus
- The First Nativity Scene
- St. Bonaventure Tells The Story
- St. Francis' Vision of The Child Jesus
- The Spread of The Devotion
St. Francis of Assisihad a special devotion to the Child Jesus, and he is credited with creating the first nativity scene on Christmas Eve of the year 1223. It is believed that St. Francis was first inspired by this idea after visiting the historical place of Christ's birth on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land—the humble stable in a Bethlehem cave. It ...
St. Francis recreated the scene of Christ's birth in a special ritual and Mass he held inside of a cave in Greccio, Italy, inviting both his fellow friars and the townspeople to join in the celebration. Later he told a friend why he desired to create the first nativity scene in his town: He set up an empty manger (the feeding trough of farm animals...
St. Bonaventure (1221 - 1274), a follower and contemporary of St. Francis, has given us a complete account of the night of the first live nativity scene: What a beautiful scene! Each time we meet at our churches for a nativity pageant or live nativity scene, or around a nativity decoration for a time of prayer, we are participating in a centuries-o...
The first nativity scene is also associated with an apparition of the Baby Jesus to those gathered with St. Francis on that day. This must have been Jesus' way of giving his praise and blessing to the nativity scene, which was a novelty in its time and had never been done before. Again, St. Bonaventure continues the story,
St. Francis' recreation of that first Christmas night was so popular that soon every church in Italy had its own nativity scene. The devotion also spread to private homes, and in modern times even to secular institutions, so much so that it's now impossible to imagine Christmas without a nativity scene to behold. Hopefully this story of the first n...
The tradition of the nativity scene began in a small town in central Italy around 800 years ago where Saint Francis of Assisi prepared the nativity scene for the first time in history.
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Dec 20, 2022 · Francis’ manger may have been the first recorded live Nativity scene. But it was far from the first visual depiction of Jesus’s early life. Panel from Benozzo Gozzoli's Scenes From the Life of...
Christmas with the Chosen: The Messengers: Directed by Dallas Jenkins, Jacob Schwarz, Aaron Edson, David Osmond, Ben Smallbone, David Liddell Thorpe. With Austin Reed Alleman, Sara Anne, Alican Barlas, Vanessa Benavente. Artists perform new and classic Christmas songs from the set of "The Chosen."
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Dec 14, 2012 · Slate explores the history of the nativity scene: Blame St. Francis of Assisi, who is credited with staging the first nativity scene in 1223. The only historical account we have of...
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