... with creation. In addition to the Bible, the Anglican Church is one of the few denominations with their own additional sacred text. It's called the "Book of Common Prayer." They still do use the Bible, but for this sermon they mostly read from the Book of Common Prayer. The Book of Common Prayer is comprised of various prayer books, which (as I understand it) give structure to ... religion. The Tanakh is said to be very similar to the Old Testament. In fact, according to Paul F. Fink, the Tanakh was simply rearranged to form the 39 books of the Old Testament [3]. The leader of the servi...

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... to Bethlehem (the city of David) because Joseph is a descendant of David. While away, Mary gives birth to Jesus and lays him in a manger because there is no room at the inn. Matthew does not mention an inn, but in 2:11 says the wise men entered a house at their arrival to see the newborn Christ in Bethlehem. One assumes the house mentioned in Matthew ... is the residence of Joseph and Mary. Along with the plethora of differences found with a detailed comparison of the birth narratives of Luke and Matthew, historical ... devout holy man named Simeon and a female prophet Anna recognize J...

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