Was there really a Roman census at the time of Jesus' birth, or is this detail in the Gospel of Luke historically inaccurate?

A doll representing the infant Jesus in St. Catherine's, the Franciscan church in the town of Bethlehem. David Silverman/Getty Images Every Christmas, a relatively small town in the Palestinian West ...

A billboard in Times Square claims Jesus was Palestinian in a holiday message from an Arab-American group amid ongoing Middle ...

The birth of Jesus a story that is the greatest gift to all who believe in the message and we continue to celebrate today.

When the 3 rd -century Christian theologian Origen of Alexandria attempted to account for the unusual movements of the Star of Bethlehem, he wrote that it should be “classified with the comets which ...

In those days, a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled. This was the first enrollment, when Quirinus was governor of Syria. And all went to be enrolled, each to ...

The following passage is from the Bible, Luke 2:1-20, NIV. In those days, Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census ...

New research examines the theory that this biblical phenomenon was actually a comet, and subjects it to mathematical ...

Here are seven often-missed details in the Nativity story — each one adding new richness to our understanding of Christmas.

Layered beneath the familiar narrative are cultural, historical, and theological details that reveal just how intentional God ...

The birth, life and death of Jesus Christ two thousand years ago changed the world – this is true whether you believe his ...