Advent 📅⏳🕯️
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ADVENT.—In its primary application the term is used to denote the first visible coming of Jesus into the world. His coming again at an after period is distinguished as the Second, or the Final, Coming.
The term is also employed to designate one of the Christian Church seasons,—that immediately preceding the Festival of the Nativity,—during which, in certain sections of the Church, the thoughts of believers are turned to the first appearance of their Lord in the flesh. This season includes four Sundays, commencing on the one nearest St. Andrew’s Day (Nov. 30) and lasting till Christmas Eve. With Advent the appointed order of Church services in renewed, and the Church year begins. 1M‘Hardy, G. (1906). Advent. In J. Hastings (Ed.), A Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels: Aaron–Zion (Vol. 1, p. 32). T&T Clark; Charles Scribner’s Sons
NOTE: the definition above is based on how Catholics determine the start of Advent. Protestant churches don’t celebrate days for Saints, so while the actual dates work out the same, they calculate it by counting back four Sundays from Christmas Day.
Footnotes:
- 1M‘Hardy, G. (1906). Advent. In J. Hastings (Ed.), A Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels: Aaron–Zion (Vol. 1, p. 32). T&T Clark; Charles Scribner’s Sons
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