The earliest firm evidence for December 25 is a Roman calendar of 354. Scholars disagree on whether the date came from pagan festivals or from Christian calculation.
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Infancy gospels are noncanonical early Christian texts, from the 2nd century on, that fill gaps in Jesus's early life. The best known are the Protevangelium of James and the Infancy Gospel of Thomas.
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The New Testament took about three centuries to settle, and no single council decided it.
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