圣誕節(jié)的初一英語(yǔ)作文
Christmas Day-December 25-which celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ， the founder of the Christian religion， is the biggest and best-loved holiday in the United States.
According to the Bible， the holy book of Christians， God decided to allow his only son， Jesus Christ， to be born to a human mother and live on earth so that people could understand God better and learn to love God and each other more. "Christmas"- meaning "celebration of Christ "- honors the time when Jesus was born to a young Jewish woman Mary.
Mary was engaged to be married to Joseph， a carpenter， but before they came together， she was found to be with child. Because Joseph， her husband， was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace， he had in mind to p>
Although the exact date of the birth of Jesus nearly 2，000 years ago is not known， the calendar on the supposed date p>
圣誕節(jié)只是基督徒慶祝其信仰的耶穌基督(jīdū)誕生的慶祝日。圣誕節(jié)的慶祝與基督教同時(shí)產(chǎn)生，被推測(cè)始于西元1世紀(jì)。很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間以來(lái)圣誕節(jié)的日期都是沒(méi)有確定的，因?yàn)橐d確切的出生日期是存在爭(zhēng)議的，除了《新約》以外，沒(méi)有任何記載提到過(guò)耶穌;《新約》不知道日期，當(dāng)然就沒(méi)有人知道確切日期了。在西元后的頭三百年間，耶穌的生日是在不同的日子慶祝的。西元3世紀(jì)以前的作家們想把圣誕日定在春分日上下。直到西元3世紀(jì)中期，基督教在羅馬合法化以后，西元354年羅馬主教指定儒略歷12月25日為耶穌誕生日。現(xiàn)在的圣誕節(jié)日期跟西元紀(jì)年的創(chuàng)制是密不可分的。
西元紀(jì)年創(chuàng)制于西元5世紀(jì)，后來(lái)圣誕節(jié)這一天就按格里高利歷法，即西元紀(jì)年的“公歷”來(lái)確定了，而日歷按著假定日期把時(shí)間分為公元前(耶穌基督誕生前)和公元后(A. D. 是拉丁文縮寫(xiě)，意思是“有了我們主--耶穌的年代”)。后來(lái)，雖然普遍教會(huì)都接受12月25日為圣誕節(jié)，但又因各地教會(huì)使用的歷書(shū)不同，具體日期不能統(tǒng)一，