Posted on 12/28/2017 7:52:38 AM PST by Salvation
I would note that Genesis 1.14 tells us one of the reasons God created the “light in the expanse of the heavens” was for “signs”.
Who cares? They got there. Another pointless discussion by theologians in an echo chamber.
A 10 second clip that shows the path the star took... starts at 30 seconds into this piece... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NL4D1PcgZd4
Angels; head of a pin...
good point. Attempting to turn a speculative argument like this into something of theological substance is why Thomistic scholasticism was ultimately rejected as essentially useless.
It moved. I think it’s possible that it could have been the throne/wheel that moved by the Cherubims in the book of Ezekiel. I do not believe that the star that shined directly over Jesus at birth was natural.
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