圣誕節(jié)的由來英文簡介

　　圣誕節(jié)(Christmas或Cristo Messa )，譯名為“基督彌撒”。彌撒是教會的一種禮拜儀式。圣誕節(jié)是一個(gè)宗教節(jié)。因?yàn)榘阉��?dāng)作耶穌的誕辰來慶祝，因而又名耶誕節(jié)。圣誕節(jié)的由來是什么呢?下面是小編為大家收集整理的圣誕節(jié)的由來英文簡介，歡迎閱讀。

　　圣誕節(jié)的英文：

　　Christmas Day!

　　圣誕節(jié)的由來

　　The Origin of Christmas

　　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 ause Joseph，her husband，was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace，he had in mind to divorce her after he had considered this，an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said，"Do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife，because what is conceived in her is from the Holy will give birth to a son，and you are to give him the name Jesus，because he will save his people from their sins."

　　Although the exact date of the birth of Jesus nearly 2000 years ago is not known，the calendar on the supposed date divides all time into B.C.(Before Christ)and A.D.( a Latin phrase，Anno Domini，“in the year of our Lord.”)For the first 300 years，Jesus‘ birthday was celebrated on different ally，in the year 354，church leaders chose December 25 as his birthday.

　　關(guān)于圣誕節(jié)的簡介

　　圣誕節(jié)(Christmas Day)這個(gè)名稱是“基督彌撒”的縮寫。中國除大陸地區(qū)外基本翻譯為“耶誕節(jié)”，是比較準(zhǔn)確的翻譯�；�督徒慶祝其信仰的耶穌基督誕生的'慶祝日“圣誕節(jié)”，圣誕節(jié)的慶祝與基督教同時(shí)產(chǎn)生，被推測始于西元1世紀(jì)。很長時(shí)間以來圣誕節(jié)的日期都是沒有確定的，因?yàn)橐�穌確切的出生日期是存在爭議的，除了《新約》以外，沒有任何記載提到過耶穌;

　　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。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，意思是“有了我們主--耶穌的年代”)。后來，雖然普遍教會都接受12月25日為圣誕節(jié)，但又因各地教會使用的歷書不同，具體日期不能統(tǒng)一，于是就把12月24日到第二年的1月6日定為圣誕節(jié)節(jié)期(Christmas Tide)，各地教會可根據(jù)當(dāng)?shù)鼐唧w情況在這段節(jié)期之內(nèi)慶祝圣誕節(jié)。