A man is born into the world" (John 16:21). Before Christ, no one ever greeted with such rapture the appearance of man as He Who had created man. The Creator of the universe rejoiced more man than all the rest of the cosmos. Man, competed and perfected, is wondrous, even as God is wondrous. He is immortal and supra-cosmic. He is more than a microcosm-he is microtheos. For the Eternal Logos/Word of the Father to be made flesh "in the likeness of man" (Philippians 2:7) means that, with the gift of love, man, in turn, may become like God, even to identity.

Today is born of the Virgin Him Who holdest all creation in the hollow of His hand. He Whose essence is untouchable is wrapped in swaddling clothes as a babe. The God Who from of old established the heavens lieth in a manger. He Who showered the people with manna in the wilderness feedeth on milk from the breasts. And the Bridegroom of the Church calleth the Magi. And the Son of the Virgin accepteth gifts from them. We worship Thy Nativity O Christ.

The dogma concerning Jesus Christ also derives from spontaneous religious experiences of the primitive Church. The believers of the early Church had acknowledged Jesus as the Incarnate and Resurrected Son of God. They regarded the testimony of the disciples, who had witnessed the epiphanies, as proof that he was indeed the exalted Lord Who sits at the right hand of the Father and would return in glory to bring about the fulfillment of His kingdom.