諸聖嬰孩殉道慶日

諸聖嬰孩殉道慶日，聖公會稱嬰孩被殺日（英語：Day of the Holy Innocents），紀念聖經新約中三位東方賢士朝拜耶穌聖嬰後，黑落德王為了除去新生的「猶太人君王」，曾下令羅馬軍隊屠殺伯利恆及其周圍境內的兩歲以下嬰兒^[1]。教會把這些嬰兒視作殉道者，因為他們是為了耶穌的緣故而遭殺害的。^[2]

教會於聖誕節後紀念嬰孩被殺日，是以諸聖嬰孩的犧牲，代表無辜犧牲者的見證。^[2]

有現代學者認為這一歷史事件是虛構的。^[3]

日期

各教派訂定的日期不同，如下：


日期	教會
12月27日	西敘利亞禮（英語：West Syriac Rite）教會，如敘利亞東方正統教會、敘利亞-瑪蘭卡禮天主教會、馬龍尼禮教會等
12月28日	聖公會^[4]、路德宗、羅馬禮天主教會等。在這些西方基督宗教國家，紀念日在耶誕節期的第四天。^[5]
12月29日	東正教會^[6]
1月10日	東敘利亞禮（英語：East Syriac Rite）教會，如敘利亞-瑪拉巴禮天主教會、加色丁禮天主教會等

參考資料

^ 馬太福音 2:16–18
^ ^2.0 ^2.1 教会纪念诸圣婴孩殉道，不忘儿童的悲惨处境. 梵蒂岡廣播電台. 2015-12-26 [2020-12-28]. （原始內容存檔於2020-11-27）.
^ Robert Eisenman, James The Brother of Jesus, 1997, I.3 "Romans, Herodians and Jewish sects" discusses Mariamne, the last representative of the Maccabean line, by whom Herod had two sons, whom he put to death. "Here Herod really did kill all the Jewish children who sought to replace him, as Matthew 2:17 would have it, but these were rather his own children with Maccabean blood!" (p. 49); see also E. P. Sanders, The Historical Figure of Jesus, 87-88
^ The Calendar. The Church of England. [2021-04-10]. （原始內容存檔於2021-12-15）（英語）.
^ Day Four: December 28, Feast of the Holy Innocents. Catholic Culture. [27 December 2015]. （原始內容存檔於2018-11-06）.
^ troparia, All; saints, kontakia · All lives of. Lives of the Saints. www.oca.org. [2022-12-28]. （原始內容存檔於2023-02-13）.

參見

[1] 馬太福音 2:16–18

[:0-2] 2.0 ^2.1 教会纪念诸圣婴孩殉道，不忘儿童的悲惨处境. 梵蒂岡廣播電台. 2015-12-26 [2020-12-28]. （原始內容存檔於2020-11-27）.

[3] Robert Eisenman, James The Brother of Jesus, 1997, I.3 "Romans, Herodians and Jewish sects" discusses Mariamne, the last representative of the Maccabean line, by whom Herod had two sons, whom he put to death. "Here Herod really did kill all the Jewish children who sought to replace him, as Matthew 2:17 would have it, but these were rather his own children with Maccabean blood!" (p. 49); see also E. P. Sanders, The Historical Figure of Jesus, 87-88

[4] The Calendar. The Church of England. [2021-04-10]. （原始內容存檔於2021-12-15）（英語）.

[5] Day Four: December 28, Feast of the Holy Innocents. Catholic Culture. [27 December 2015]. （原始內容存檔於2018-11-06）.

[6] troparia, All; saints, kontakia · All lives of. Lives of the Saints. www.oca.org. [2022-12-28]. （原始內容存檔於2023-02-13）.

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