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| | Biblical Magi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | In Christian tradition the Magi, also known as the Three Wise Men or Kings from the east, are magi who according to Matthew 2:1 came "from the east to Jerusalem", to worship the Infant Jesus, him "that is born King of the Jews". | | | The Three Wise Men are given the names Caspar, Melchior, and Balthasar in this late 6th century mosaic from the Basilica of St Apollinarius in Ravenna, Italy. | | | The cavalcade of the three kings in Alcoi (a city located not in Catalonia but in Alicante, in the autonomous community of Valencia) claims to be the oldest in the world; the participants who portray the kings and pages walk through the crowd, giving presents to the children directly. |
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| | Epiphany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The feast was initially based on, and viewed as a fulfillment of, the Jewish Feast of Lights. | | | The observance had its origins in the eastern Christian churches, and included the birth of Jesus; the visit of the three Magi (Caspar, Melchior and Balthasar) who arrived in Bethlehem; and all of Jesus' childhood events, up to his baptism in the Jordan by John the Baptist. |
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| | WISEMEN 5'1m1f Three wise men bring gifts to the Christ child |
| | WISE -- We are disciples of the prophet Belteshazzar. | | | WISE -- According to the teachings of the prophets, the annointed one must live to the age of priesthood before he sacrifices himself for the sins of the world. | | | WISE -- Isaiah called him Immanuel, which means... |
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| | Urban Legends Reference Pages: Holidays (Three Wise Men) |
| | Bible says that three wise men travelled from afar on camels to visit the infant Jesus as he lay in the manger. | | | The names of the wise men, Gaspar, Melchior, and Balthasar, do not come from the Bible and did not appear in Christian literature until over five hundred years after the birth of Jesus. | | | Nothing in the Bible says the wise men rode camels (or any other animal); they may have made their journey from the east on foot for all we know. |
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| | The Three Wise Men |
| | These three wise men, Ibn Rushd the Muslim, Moses Maimonides the Jew, and Thomas Aquinas the Christian, interpreted anew in our time, can illustrate that religion need not be a source of conflict between people and nations. | | | Furthermore, just as these three wise men were not afraid to challenge prevailing opinion within their own religious communities in the Middle Ages, so today we must also be willing to openly criticize our co-religionists when they engage in extremism and intolerance. | | | The life stories and writings of these wise men defend the notion that no one religion or nation has a monopoly on the truth, and Maimonides himself wrote that we must “pursue the truth from whatever source it emanates.” |
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| | Magi - 3 Kings - Wisemen - Were the Wise Men who Visited Jesus in Bethlehem Persian? |
| | The inhabitants declare that in days gone by three kings of this country went to worship a new-born prophet and took with them three offerings -gold, frankincense, and myrrh - so as to discover whether this prophet was a god, or an earthly king or a healer. | | | The Bible gives us the direction, East and the legend states that the wise men were from Persia (Iran) - Balthasar, Melchior, Caspar - thus being priests of Zarathustra religion, the mages. | | | And, since the child knew that the three kings believed this, he gave them the stone to signify that they should be firm and constant in their belief. |
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| | There is no identification of the Wise Men as Persian in the Gospel, and their gifts are not Persian in origin: frankincense and myrrh come from Arabia or Yemen. | | | The Greek word for "wise men" is magoi which is derived from the Persian word for priest; the Avestan origin is obscure, perhaps coming from maga translated by Dr. Ali Jafarey as "magnanimity, generosity, or great fellowship". | | | The frankincense which the Jewish/Christian authors interpreted as honor to Christ's divinity is also part of Zoroastrian worship: known as loban, frankincense is sprinkled on the embers of the Sacred Fire as a fragrant homage to the bright symbol of Ahura Mazda. |
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| | Annie's Wisemen Page |
| | In some places the 12th day is called the festival of the three kings because it is believed that the three wise men, or magi, visited the baby Jesus on that day, bringing him gifts. | | | But does it say there are 3 wise men. | | | No it actually doesn't say how many wise men there were. |
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| | The Three Wise Men - Topical directory of free Christian resources |
| | The Wise Men - A children's devotion on the wise men - available in english and vietnamese. | | | The Wise Men - Illustrated children's story from the Bible. | | | The Three Camels - The story of the camels that carried the three wise men to see Jesus. |
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| | In the Footsteps of the Three Wise Men - Sierra Times.com |
| | In the Footsteps of the Three Wise Men | | | Yet we should not be afraid to follow baby Jesus in the footsteps of The Three Wise Men, for their footprints in the sand will guide us through the vast spiritual desert that has become our modern world. | | | There is a side path of Christianity (in terms of an extended holiday) that seeks to focus upon the trek of The Three Wise men to visit baby Jesus. |
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http://www.sierratimes.com/05/01/09/lobaido.htm
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| | Revelation 33: The star of Bethlehem and the Three Wise Men. NTR:4 |
| | The three Wise Men were able to make their way to Bethlehem to pay their respects to me at my birth, but the appearance of them was due to an event that had taken place in the eastern heavens two years before. | | | Further information relating to the three wise men was received subsequently. | | | Herod took alarm and his queries as to the date of the so-called "Star of Bethlehem" were made in order to determine the ages of the Hebrew children of Bethlehem that he would have put to the sword to eliminate any chance of the appearance of this Messiah from the prophecies. |
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| | Christmas Symbols, Christmas Frankincense Symbol, Christmas Mirrh Symbol, Christmas Dreams Symbol, Christmas Snow ... |
| | The story of the Wise Men who came from the east is told in the Gospel of St. Matthew (2:1-12). | | | Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. | | | The apocryphal Testament of Levi declares that there are seven heavens and that snow is kept in the second heaven along with fire, ice, and all the spirits of retribution. |
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| | Masonry and the Three Wise Men |
| | Brethren, the Three Wise Men of the Christmas story have had an effect on all people -of all faiths —in all times. | | | These three figures are a powerful part of the Christmas story and a part which relates to people of all faiths. | | | Almost everything we ‘think’ we know about them --their names, that they were kings, that they rode camels, that they were accompanied by attendants --comes not from Biblical sources but from later traditions. |
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http://www.kirk-white.com/m-p-masons/1KirkWhite_WiseMen.htm
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| | Royalty.nu - Royal History - We Three Kings - The Three Wise Men or Magi |
| | Tradition has it that in later years the Wise Men were baptized by St. Thomas the Apostle; all three became bishops and spent the rest of their lives spreading Christianity, and at the end of their lives they each saw the Star of Bethlehem again and were reunited. | | | The Christmas carol "We Three Kings" tells the story of the Wise Men from the East who brought gifts to the baby Jesus. | | | The carol "We Three Kings" was written in 1857 by an American minister, John Henry Hopkins Jr., for use in a Christmas pageant. |
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| | A 'magi' makeover for Three Wise Men - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics |
| | Educated or not, three wise women are cited in the Scripture. | | | Church officials yesterday agreed to drop the term "Three Wise Men" from a newly approved prayer book because there's no proof the trio of visitors to the infant Jesus were male or even learned. | | | "Just as the wise men followed the star, we can follow the shining examples of these women who lived lives 'holy and pleasing to God.'" Miss Ditchfield says. |
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http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040211-121228-7836r.htm
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| | Term Paper on Three Wise Men: Luther, Voltai |
| | Luther advocated belief in a simplified style of religion, Voltaire advocated belief in religious tolerance and a universal brotherhood, and Marlowe advocated the belief that despite one’s religion, one’s actions must be accounted for. | | | These men are three of the more important figures in religious criticism and reform. | | | Throughout history, there have been few men that have dedicated their lives to religious criticism and reformation; three such men are Martin Luther, François Marie Arouet (also known as Voltaire), and Christopher Marlowe. |
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http://www.swiftpapers.com/essay/Three_Wise_Men_Luther_Voltai-109284.html
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| | praise.cafe: Three wise men....... |
| | Those wise men had the basics down They knew who He was, they came to him, they were excited by drawing close, they put down their pride, they worshipped and they brought Him the gifts that they had. | | | But I have to ask “would our Christian walk even pass muster compared with the actions of the “pagan” wise men?” Bible scholars generally agree that whether the wise men were numerologists, astrologers, or diviners that they were undoubtedly pagans. | | | Matthew 2:1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, [2] Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? |
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| | Three Kings Day |
| | The three wise men found the baby in a manger, adored by shapers, and they offered him three gifts: gold, which represented the spiritual wealth of the child; frankincense, which signifies the earth and the sky; and Myrrh, the oil which was used for medicinal as well as spiritual purposes | | | Upon their return, an angel warned them that they should not tell King Herod about the birth of Jesus because his plan was to kill the baby. | | | They traveled to Bethlehem, and along the way they found the King Herod, whom they told of the birth of the new King. |
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| | Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. | | | Under the heading of "Wise men of the east" it reads: "Matthew 2:1-12 states that wise men (how many is not recorded), guided by a new star, came to Bethlehem to worship Jesus sometime after his birth. | | | Only those who sincerely want to have God in their lives will see Jesus for who He really is. Also, the three wise men had a mission to fulfill. |
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| | EPIPHANY - THREE KINGS |
| | According to an old legend based on a Bible story, these three kings saw, on the night when Christ was born, a bright star, followed it to Bethlehem and found there the Christchild and presented it with gold, frankincense and myrrh. | | | The twelve days of Christmas end with the Feast of Epiphany also called "The Adoration of the Magi" or "The Manifestation of God." Celebrated on January 6, it is known as the day of the Three Kings (or wise men/magi): Caspar, Melchior and Balthasar. | | | Problem is that for centuries church calendars in the East and the West have agreed that there are twelve days of Christmas and they begin on Christmas Day and end on January 6. |
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| | Three Wise Men: Nebuchadnezzar - A Testimony |
| | Now, as we conclude our brief overview of three men made wise by the power of the Holy Spirit, let us fully appreciate that there are many other stories to be told of all the saints who have been called into Christ’s Church down through the centuries. | | | Introduction: In this, our third example of a man made wise in and through the power of the Holy Spirit, we delve into the example of a Covenant Child raised and educated in the doctrines of the faith, as the Old Covenant Community understood them. | | | Now, it is ironic how Paul sets up the scripture portion before us, because in the first three verses — it is the very image of who he once was, that he warns the church about: the judaizers who attacked the early Christian community precisely because they trusted in Christ alone for salvation. |
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| | Tiger Tales #12 - Three Wise Men of Gotham |
| | So one morning the three wise men met together outside the hut of Pericles, and they sat themselves down upon stools, facing each other, while a great crowd of people gathered around to hear the words of wisdom that dropped from their lips. | | | Other people certainly thought him wise, but she was a shrewd old woman, and could see well enough that he merely looked wise. | | | And the people are still waiting for the three wise men to come back to them. |
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http://www.hungrytigerpress.com/tigertales/tigertale012.shtml
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| | The Original Christmas Gift - About the Three Wise Men |
| | The wise men, also known as the Magi, are widely believed to have come from modern-day Yemen, known as Sheba 2,000 years ago. | | | The gifts the wise men presented were more than valuable — they were sacred, and not given out to just anyone. | | | In fact, Jewish law forbade use of frankincense outside of religious use (perhaps you should say a prayer when lighting yours) and did not even allow it to be used to atone for sins. |
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http://www.originalchristmasgift.com/wisemen.html
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| | The Millenium's Three Wise Men Project |
| | Traditionally January 6, the Day of the Three Wise Men, was an occasion for gift-giving to the children. | | | The feast of the Epiphany is celebrated in churches, but it only reaches the children who attend. | | | Corriente Martiana wants to initiate a national and international campaign to collect toys and clothing and and distribute them to the neediest children on the Day of the Three Wise Men. |
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| | Wise Men of the East |
| | Wise Men of the East, Magi,or Three Kings,men who came from the East to adore the newborn Jesus. | | | Three Kings - Three Kings: see Wise Men of the East. | | | Adland's wise men head for the East (The Sunday Telegraph) |
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| | Three Wise Men: "Gold" |
| | The most obvious question surrounding an Advent theme of the Wise Men is: Why look at the wise men, when they didn't arrive on the scene until after the birth of Jesus. | | | There were three gifts, but we don't know how many wise men there were. | | | There was probably no symbolic relevence to these three gifts, beyond the fact that they were the gifts that would commonly be given as gifts to any king in that day and age. |
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| | Gifts for the Kids (The Three Wise Men) |
| | Spanish kids are starting to write letters to Father Christmas, but the long-established tradition is to write to The Three Wise Men (Melchior, Gaspar and Balthasar, aka The Three Kings) who, according to The Bible, went to adore Jesus as an infant in Bethlehem. | | | Stage 1: students read the three letters and make a list of what the children want from the three wise men. | | | In this teaching activity, the students decide whether three children deserve all the presents that they have asked for; or perhaps only some of them, or none at all! |
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http://www.lessonplanspage.com/OChristmas-LettersTo3WiseMenIdea24.htm
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| | CNN.com - Church rethinks three wise 'men' - Feb. 10, 2004 |
| | A committee revising the latest prayer book said the term "Magi" was a transliteration of the name used by officials at the Persian court, and that they could well have been women. | | | The traditional infant nativity play scene could be in for a drastic rewrite after the Church of England indulged in some academic gender-swapping over the three Magi at its General Synod in London this week. | | | In the authorized 17th century King James bible used by up to 70 million worshippers in Anglican churches around the world, the gift-bearing visitors are referred to as "The Three Wise Men." |
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http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/02/10/uk.magi.reut/index.html
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| | THE THREE WISE MEN WHO CAME TO WORSHIP JESUS. HOW DID THEY KNOW WHEN TO COME? |
| | As the King's soldiers were rounding up all the Wise Men to put them to death, Daniel asked for a one-day extension. | | | We shall study how these "Wise Men" of the Babylonian King came to the point where they fully believed in this specific timetable for the appearance of the Jewish Christ, Jesus. | | | King Nebuchadnezzar called the the magi "Wise Men" because they had convinced him they could give him the best advice and interpret any dream. |
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| | The Project Gutenberg eBook of A Christmas Mystery: The Story of Three Wise Men, by William J. Locke |
| | And then they raised the dead man from the strip of carpet and carried him into the bedroom and laid him reverently by the side of his dead wife, after which they left the dead in darkness and returned to the living. | | | Like most of the great ones of the earth they were personally acquainted, and they exchanged surprised greetings. | | | Carried with them an inalienable joy and possession into the great world. |
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| | The Three Wise Men |
| | The Three Wise Men belong to no religion, and their wisdom is available for all to benefit from. | | | The Three Wise Men invite you to Make A Wish for Humanity. | | | The Three Wise Men invite you to visit the Black Hole. |
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| | The Three Wise Men |
| | She jerked her Bible from behind the counter and ruffled through some pages, and finally jabbed her finger at a passage. | | | "See, it says right here", "The three wise men came from afar". | | | Totally unable to come up with a reason or explanation, I left. |
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| | Three Wise Men Gravesite |
| | Mike's Notes: Though this cathedral claims to have the remains of the Three Magi who presented gifts to the infant Jesus, it is likely more tradition than fact. | | | For one, the Bible does not say that only 3 magi came to give gifts; rather, it only mentions 3 gifts that were given. | | | However, the Christmas narrative does indicate that the whole city of Jerusalem was startled by their arrival, so that sounds like a larger group than just 3 guys! |
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| | Three wise guys - theage.com.au |
| | In an e-mail sent to the media, Bishop Sutton said that Mary and Joseph were forced to flee "as refugees seeking asylum in Egypt" and the wise men were "on a mission of Herod to discover the whereabouts of the baby Jesus so that he could be killed", the newspaper said. | | | A Church of England bishop has delivered a provocative Christmas message by claiming that far from being the bearers of gifts to the infant Jesus, the Three Wise Men were part of an assassination plot. | | | The Bishop of Lichfield, the Rt Rev Keith Sutton, also poured scorn on the "sentimental" and "false" images in nativity plays and Christmas cards which portrayed the shepherds, who were on "the fringes of society", as loveable characters, according to the Daily Telegraph. |
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http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/12/17/1039656376039.html
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| | Pop Occulture: The names of the Three Wise Men |
| | I'd never thought of it before myself, but apparently, various traditions exist as to what the names of the three magi or the Three Wise Men who follow the Star of Bethlehem to find Jesus were. | | | But still, that would kind of suck that on your first birthday someone gave you a present that says "Welcome to earth, one day you're gonna need this stuff to embalm your dead body. | | | Also, I never knew this before, but I was reading in my Oxford Annotated Bible and it said the three wise men symbols of gold, frankincense and myrrh had to do with Jesus's "royalty", "death" (frankinsence was used to emalbm bodies I guess), and an "offering to a god" respectively. |
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http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/01/names-of-three-wise-men.html
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| | Three Wise Men - Wikimedia Commons |
| | Wise men visiting Jesus on Twelfth Night after his birth on Christmas | | | en: Three Wise Men, also known as the Three Magi (from the Greek text) or the Three Kings | | | This page was last modified 19:34, 13 October 2005. |
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| | The Merry Tales Of The Three Wise Men Of av Paulding, James Kirk |
| | Fokusera på bokens innehåll och sammanhang men skriv även vad du tyckte om boken och varför. | | | It seems odd, to see a lawyer teaching a judge his lesson, out of a pile of books, and making him who is there as a master, appear more like a scholar, learning his alphabet from some beardless pedagogue. | | | Bokrecensioner för The Merry Tales Of The Three Wise Men Of: |
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| | Three wise men... |
| | Do you know what would have happened if it had been Three Wise Women instead of three Wise Men? |
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| | The Three Wise Men and the Star |
| | Welcome, heare, good Wise Men from the East, | | | That I may go also and worship him. | | | (Exeunt the Three Wise Men left, followed by Pages |
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| | Three Wise Men |
| | All religions are evil because all religions try to enforce a certain number of fairly sound or fairly accurate or ‘beneficial’ propositions by other propositions which are sheer bluff, unsoundness, will-to-power, or personal or type predilections, regardless of the temperament or nature of others. | | | John Holbo is also a wise man, but the last of today’s triumvirate is Ezra Pound, quoted by the good professor. |
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| | TrekEarth Three wise men... Photo |
| | Three wise men add some more spice to that beauty. | | | Really a superb set you're presenting at the moment Caleb. | | | The three sadhus were cruising along the ghat. |
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| | Donna's Story of *The Three Wise Men* |
| | *The Three Wise Men* - written by Donna Sheehan | | | In the days when King Herod ruled, there were | | | And the angels in Heaven rejoiced, for they also |
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| | Three Wise Men |
| | FREE (and the Three Wise Men will bring them a gift!!) | | | Please join us as we celebrate the Three Wise Men holiday!! | | | Also, we need to know the number of the member's children or grandchildren and their age: |
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| | Three Wise Men Photo |
| | Yes I did say wise men, don't you agree? | | | The best part about this park was the monkeys were not behind bars, but instead they were walking around with us. |
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| | Expatica's Spanish news in English: Three Wise Men get wise to internet generation |
| | In Spain, the Three Wise Men traditionally bring children their presents on 6 January or Epiphany. | | | MADRID-Children hoping for that present they have always wanted can send their wishes through the post to the Three Wise Men. | | | It being the age of the Internet, children can also send off their present list by viewing the Post Office website at www.correos.es. |
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| | Xmas/Epiphany - Three Wise Men |
| | This banner is made on white felt for the Christmas/Epiphany Season suggesting the joy with which the Wise Men received the news of the birth if a King. | | | The six-pointed star or Creation Star is padded made of gold metallic material with many small stars surrounding it and suggests that the same God who ordered creation is guiding events at the time of Christ's birth. | | | The Wise Men clothes and crowns are made with many bright shades of felt and velvet material and are outlined with sequins, pearl beading, and rhinestones from old jewelry. |
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| | The Three Wise Men |
| | And, to all those fools who haven't learned this holiday gift giving lesson yet and who aren't lucky enough to be the father of the son of the Lord Almighty, divorce court opens at approximately 8 am. | | | All of this because of the foolishness of three men who had the audacity to call themselves "wise". | | | Mary, "Remember those wise men from last year? |
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| | We Three Kings |
| | Frankincense to offer have I, incense owns a Deity nigh Pray'r and praising, all men raising, Worship him, God most high, oh..... | | | Glorious now behold him arise, king and God and sacrifice Alleluia, alleluia, heaven to earth replies. | | | Born a King on Bethlehem's plain, Gold I bring to crown him again King for ever, ceasing never over us all to reign. |
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