November 30, 2012
Kevin M. Clarke
The Pope’s new book, Infancy Narratives, was released on November 21. The day’s headline of the Daily Mail? “Killjoy Pope crushes Christmas nativity traditions: New Jesus book reveals there were no donkeys beside crib, no lowing oxen and definitely no carols.” CNN’s online story followed suit. The New York Daily News repeated the claim about the animals, adding not that the pope agreed with some historians on an earlier dating of the birth of Christ but that “the Christian calendar has Jesus’ birth year wrong, Pope Benedict XVI claims in a new book.
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3 comments:
What a pity I didn't see your question on Pope Benedict's quotation earlier. In the original German version his last sentence, referring to the animals at the manger, was:
Keine Krippendarstellung wird auf Ochs und Esel verzichten (no presentation of the manger will do without ox and donkey).
Thank you so much for your response! This is very helpful. I stumbled upon your blog the other day when I searched for the original text.
Pray for me and for my German studies! One of my primary motivations for studying German is being able to study Pope Benedict in his own language.
That's great, thank you. Since I've found your nice blog now, I've linked it at my place. Of course I shall include you in my prayers. Have a happy and fruitful advent!
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