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A Coming Christ
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Sessions
References
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Matthew and Luke both begin their
account of the good news of Jesus Christ with two quite different stories
of Jesus' conception and birth. These nativity stories draw deeply on
imagery found in the Old Testament to proclaim that Jesus, Lord and
Messiah, was not simply adopted as God's Son at his resurrection, or
revealed as God's Son at his baptism in the River Jordan, but was indeed
the Son of God from his birth.
In this series during Advent 2006, we studied the gospels narratives
that prepare for the birth of Jesus (Matthew 1 and Luke 1), using as our
primary reference Father Raymond E. Brown's booklet
A Coming Christ in
Advent. Essays on the Gospel Narratives Preparing for the Birth of Jesus,
Matthew 1 and Luke 1, derived from his
magisterial commentary,
The Birth of the Messiah.
A Commentary on the Infancy Narratives in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke.
Also
see our earlier series on the Christmas stories in
Matthew 2 and Luke 2, based on Father Brown's booklet
An Adult Christ at
Christmas.
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