Should Christians celebrate Christmas?

[Sobornost]

Now that really is good news. Rejoice and be merry this fair Christmastide

[Alex_Smith]

And speaking of Christmas, here’s an interesting snip from a Christmas sermon by St Leo the Great (Pope from 440 to 461AD)

“Let no man be cut off from a share in this rejoicing. The cause of our joy is common to every man, because our Lord, the destoryer of sin and death, Who finds none guiltless, comes to free all.”

Definitely sounds like a Universalistic statement - if the Pope’s infalible shouldn’t it have set a precedent restricting any later Popes teaching non-UR?

[stuartd]

And speaking of Christmas, here’s an interesting snip from a Christmas sermon by St Leo the Great (Pope from 440 to 461AD)

“Let no man be cut off from a share in this rejoicing. The cause of our joy is common to every man, because our Lord, the destoryer of sin and death, Who finds none guiltless, comes to free all.”

Definitely sounds like a Universalistic statement - if the Pope’s infalible shouldn’t it have set a precedent restricting any later Popes teaching non-UR?

very valid point Alex !, but I don’t fancy your chances of convincing the masses catholic or not