|
Coming up to Christmas, we’ll likely hear a lot about the Three Wise Men (or “We Three Kings of Orient”), ... What really interests me is what these men represent. They are called “Magi” in Matthew, who where, according to some sources, a preistly group from Persia (today’s Iran) of the Zoroastrian religion.
|
allphilosophy.com/topic/70
|
|
|
|
By the 1st century AD, the magi were identified with wise men and soothsayers. Encarta Concise Encyclopedia - Religion & Philosophy. ... b often capitalized : one of the traditionally three wise men from the East paying homage to the infant."; Here is the Ronald Latham translation:
|
www.farsinet.com/wisemen/magi.html
www.farsinet.com/wisemen/magi.html
|
|
|
I Don't know a definite answer, but by these words in the Bible I would say they believed in God and Jesus. I don't think they were any religion per se. But they certainly had faith and visions by God. Matthew 2 1Now when Jesus was bor...
http://yedda.com/questions/religion_wise_men_2737717334...
|
|
|
|
Further, the three Wise Men were Magi, which was an order of the Pagan Medo-Persian religious order of Zoroaster.(1) The Magi were ancient interpreters of dreams and were astrologers (monthly prognosticators), enchanters, sorcerers, and magicians.
|
www.cuttingedge.org/news/n1342.cfm
|
|
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, dismissed the Christmas story of the Three Wise Men yesterday as nothing but “legend”. ... The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, dismissed the Christmas story of the Three Wise Men yesterday as nothing but “legend”. ... Why a little religion can be a good thing...
|
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article3076008....
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article3076008.ece
|
|
The thirteenth-century traveler Marco Polo reported that the three Magi had set out from Saba in Persia, where their tombs were still shown in his day. Local tradition named three kings, Gaspar, Melchior, and Balthasar, names given the wise men in documents as early as the eighth century.
|
www.ldsmag.com/articles/021216wisemen.html
www.ldsmag.com/articles/021216wisemen.html
|
|
The "wise men from the East" who came to adore Jesus in Bethlehem (Matthew 2). ... After the downfall of Assyrian and Babylonian power, the religion of the Magi held sway in Persia. ... The Gospel narrative omits to mention the number of the Magi, and there is no certaintradition in this matter. Some Fathers speak of three Magi;
|
www.newadvent.org/cathen/09527a.htm
|
|
Biblical Magi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
|
|
In Christian tradition the Magi (pronounced /ˈmeɪdʒaɪ/ ; Greek: μάγοι, magoi ), also referred to as the ( Three ) Wise Men , ( Three ) Kings , or Kings from the East , are said to ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_Magi
|
|
