Epiphany
(τἐ ᾽Επιφάνια), the feast of lights (ta phota), also called ta theophania, celebrating the Baptism of Christ in the Jordan River. Epiphany originally commemorated not a single event, but a mystery, the appearance of salvation in Jesus revealed in a cluster of New Testament events, principally Jesus' birth and his baptism. Historicizing tendencies in the 4th C. led to a separation of the cluster: the ... ...
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