Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!psuvax1!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: eickmeye@girtab.usc.edu (Biff Henderson) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: When was Christ Born? Message-ID: Date: 11 Oct 89 09:16:58 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Lines: 22 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article davidbu@tekigm2.men.tek.com (David Buxton) writes: >Has anyone done a study on dating the time of of year of Christ's birth? I know that many non-Mormons do not even consider Mormons to be Christian, but I will contribute my 2 cents worth anyway and give you some peoples' interpretation of an exact date. Joseph Smith was divinely-instructed to legally incorporate the LDS Church (under the laws of New York State) on Tuesday, April 6, 1830 (this is found in LDS Scripture in Doctrine and Covenants 20:1, if my memory serves me correctly). He was told that April 6th was the Lord's Day, but it is not a Sunday. Thus, the interpretation of many LDS people is that April 6 is the modern calendar's equivalent to the day of Jesus' birth. Warning: I am not sure if this conclusion has ever been adopted officially by the LDS Church. [For purposes of moderating this group at least, I accept as Christian various groups that are sort of on the borderline of traditional Christianity. This includes for example LDS and Christian Scientists. So LDS views are certainly welcome. This does not of course indicate that I agree with the positions personally. --clh]