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    Christianity, the Biblical Magi (/ˈmeɪdʒaɪ/ or /ˈmædʒaɪ/; singular: magus), also known as the Three Wise Men, Three Kings, and Three Magi, are distinguished...
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    Christian iconography considerably expanded the bare account of the Biblical Magi described in the Gospel of Matthew (2:1–22). By the later Middle Ages...
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    Magi (PLUR), or magus (SING), is the term for priests in Zoroastrianism and earlier Iranian religions. The earliest known use of the word magi is in the...
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    Bithisarea, was according to Western Christian tradition one of the three biblical Magi along with Caspar and Melchior who visited the infant Jesus after he...
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    Melchior, or Melichior, was purportedly one of the Biblical Magi (along with Caspar and Balthazar) who visited the infant Jesus after he was born. Melchior...
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    for Biblical Magi. Celebrations include a widely attended procession, with boys arrayed as the Magi, leading to the Franciscan Chapel of the Magi near...
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    Caspar (magus) (category Biblical Magi)
    men or Biblical Magi mentioned in the Bible in the Gospel of Matthew, verses 2:1-9. Although the Bible does not specify who or what the Magi were, since...
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    decidedly religious character. In the poem, Eliot retells the story of the biblical Magi who travelled to Bethlehem to visit the newborn Jesus according to the...
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    the account of the nativity of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew, the Biblical Magi who come from the east call Jesus the "King of the Jews", causing Herod...
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    story of the Gospel of Matthew chapter 2 where "wise men from the East" (Magi) are inspired by the star to travel to Jerusalem. There, they meet King Herod...
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  • Magi (born 1966), Italian boxer Biblical Magi, the foreigners who visited and gave gifts to Jesus after his birth Magi (gamer), gaming handle of American...
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    Shrine of the Three Kings (category Biblical Magi)
    Three Kings, or Tomb of the Three Magi is a reliquary traditionally believed to contain the bones of the Biblical Magi, also known as the Three Kings or...
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    Christ. The letters C, M, and B stand for the traditional names of the biblical Magi (Caspar, Melchior and Balthazar), or alternatively for the Latin blessing...
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    which it has been frequently compared to. The carol centres around the Biblical Magi, who visited Jesus as a child in a Manger (Matthew 2:1) sometime after...
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    Matthew 2:1 (category Biblical Magi in the New Testament)
    is not a Biblical error. Rather it is attributed to Dionysius Exiguus who guessed incorrectly about when to start his calendar. The word magi originally...
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  • The Nativity Story (category Biblical Magi in film)
    The Nativity Story is a 2006 American biblical drama film based on the nativity of Jesus and directed by Catherine Hardwicke. The film stars Keisha Castle-Hughes...
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    Christian symbolism of representing the gifts delivered to Jesus by the Biblical Magi. Mince pies, at Christmas time, were traditionally shaped in an oblong...
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  • Ben Hur (2003 film) (category Biblical Magi in film)
    Ben Hur is a 2003 American-Canadian animated drama film based on the 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, by Lew Wallace. It is the fourth film adaptation...
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  • Day St. Stephen's Day Sol Invictus Yule In Christianity Biblical Magi Adoration of the Magi Adoration of the Shepherds Advent Angel Gabriel Annunciation...
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    century and kept today in Toledo Cathedral. It is a play about the Biblical Magi, three wise men from the East who followed a star and visited the baby...
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    Matthew 2:2 (category Biblical Magi in the New Testament)
    of the second chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. The magi travelling from the east have arrived at the court of King Herod in Jerusalem...
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    ("appearance" in Greek). The three kings cake takes its name from the Biblical Magi, also referred to as the three kings: Melchior, Balthazar and Gaspard...
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    Christian tradition, frankincense is one of the gifts given by the Biblical Magi to Jesus at his nativity as described in the Gospel of Matthew. Thousands...
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    Santa Maria Novella around 1475. This painting depicts the Biblical story of the Three Magi following a star to find the newborn Jesus. The image of the...
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    Day St. Stephen's Day Sol Invictus Yule In Christianity Biblical Magi Adoration of the Magi Adoration of the Shepherds Advent Angel Gabriel Annunciation...
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  • the "wise men" in the name of the drink, which is an allusion to the Biblical Magi. Several variations exist that include other ingredients or substitute...
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    The Massacre (or Slaughter) of the Innocents is a biblical story recounted in the Nativity narrative of the Gospel of Matthew (2:16–18) in which Herod...
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    birth, and the tradition of gift-giving was tied to the story of the Biblical Magi giving gifts to baby Jesus; together with another story, that of Saint...
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    dressed in cheap Santa suits Cavalcade of Magi – a parade with floats carrying portrayals of the Biblical magi "Peoria Santa Claus Parade 2018 LIVE on 23...
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    Matthew 2:11 (category Biblical Magi in the New Testament)
    of the second chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. The magi, dispatched by King Herod, have found the small child (not infant) Jesus...
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