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Holiness Not in Holidays: Why Calvin Preferred the Lord’s Day to Christmas

By Filings on Tue, 12/23/25
Bible, Theology & Philosophy
Church History
Reformation
Holidays
Christmas

“The reformers certainly had a point. While Christmas itself marked something good, in medieval Catholic Europe, it was part of a litany of other “religious” holidays that filled the calendar with false gods and false teachings.” - TGC

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