Jonathan Meyer︳Unsplash
Jonathan Meyer︳Unsplash
The Feast of the Epiphany of the Lord Jesus is formerly known as the Feast of the Three Kings. In the Western Christian church they have been commonly known as: Melchior (also Melichior), a Persian scholar; Caspar (also Gaspar, Jaspar, Jaspas, Gathaspa, and other variations), an Ethiopian scholar; and Balthazar (also Balthasar, Balthassar, and Bithisarea), an Arabian scholar. They offered three gifts with spiritual meaning: gold as a symbol of Jesus' kingship on earth, frankincense (an incense) as a symbol of Jesus' divinity, and myrrh (an embalming oil) as a symbol of Jesus' humanity through his death.
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