Paul Hartog

September 11, 2018Written by Rick Shrader

Paul Hartog on Christmas

“The liturgical celebration of Christmas Day on December 25 was instituted at least by 336.”

Paul A. Hartog, ed., The Contemporary Church and the Early Church, p. 59.

Source: The Contemporary Church and the Early Church

I count myself a personal friend of Dr. Paul Hartog, but now consider myself a benefited pupil from reading this book of which he is both editor and contributor. Since we are being inundated in our day with various versions of “ancient-future faith” su …

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