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Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus

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read on that day, "at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb." Medieval Catholicism, and many Christian churches to the present day, therefore celebrated both events as the
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of 23 October 1913, it was moved to the Sunday between 2 and 5 January inclusive, and in years when no such Sunday existed the celebration was observed on 2 January; this is still observed by Catholics following calendars of 1914 to 1962.
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has been celebrated in the Roman Catholic Church, at least at local levels, since the end of the fifteenth century. The celebration has been held on different dates, usually in January, because 1 January, eight days after
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Around 1643 the Carthusians obtained the second Sunday after Epiphany for the Feast. This was the date assigned to the celebration when, on 20 December 1721, it was inserted into the General Calendar of the
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texts of the Holy Name of Jesus were preserved, being placed with the Votive Masses. The celebration was restored to the General Roman Calendar with the 2002 Roman Missal.
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of 14 February 1969 removed the feast "since the imposition of the name of Jesus is already commemorated in the office of the Octave of Christmas." However, the
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resources the Feast of the Circumcision and Naming of Christ (1 January) takes its place as the primary festival of the name of Jesus. The
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the feast is celebrated on 2 January. In Roman Catholicism the month of January is traditionally dedicated to the Holy Name of Jesus.
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observes the Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus on 1 January, with the liturgical colour of the day being white/gold.
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celebrated on 1 January is now listed as the "Feast of the Holy Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ". In the
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Holweck, Frederick. "Feast of the Holy Name." The Catholic Encyclopedia
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in 1530 and spread over a great part of the Church. The Franciscans,
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in the universal calendar which do not normally fall on a Sunday.
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In the Latin Rite Catholic Church it is observed as an optional
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Vol. 7. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 26 May 2021
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Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Feast of the Holy Name".
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observes the Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus on 1 January.
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Observance of the feast was officially granted to the
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Holy Name of Jesus
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Jesus
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Pope Sixtus IV
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Roman Rite
Pope Innocent XIII
Pope Pius X
motu proprio
Mysterii Paschalis
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Jesuits
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Lutheran Church
Feast of the Circumcision of Christ
Anglican
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Book of Common Prayer

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