{"id":507,"date":"2015-01-03T15:00:04","date_gmt":"2015-01-03T21:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/?p=507"},"modified":"2015-02-04T18:36:32","modified_gmt":"2015-02-05T00:36:32","slug":"epiphany-and-the-twelve-days-of-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.peacelcmc.org\/?p=507","title":{"rendered":"Epiphany and the Twelve Days of Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Epiphany is a Greek word akin to &#8220;manifestation&#8221; in English. The Feast of the Epiphany celebrates a formal announcement in the revelation that Jesus Christ appears among us as both God and man, and He is the Son of God.<br \/>\nMartin Luther holds that, of the festivals celebrated in the Lutheran Liturgical Calendar, Christmas is considered to be twelve days in length from December 25 until January 5, culminating in the Feast of the Epiphany.<br \/>\nIn the Church of England the Epiphany is celebrated as the &#8220;Twelfth Night.&#8221; This history brings us to &#8230;<br \/>\nThe Twelve Days of Christmas Song,<br \/>\nfirst published in 1780, may be both English and French in origin. 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