Christ, by highest heaven adoredChrist, the everlasting Lord;Late in time behold Him comeOffspring of a virgin’s womb.Veiled in flesh the Godhead see;Hail th’ Incarnate Deity,Pleased as man with man to dwell;Jesus, our Emmanuel.Come, Desire of nations …
The Conversion of the World
Christians have celebrated the incarnation and nativity of the LordJesus on December 25 since at least the early part of the third century—just afew generations removed the days of the Apostles. By 336, when the Philocalian Calendar—one of th…