The Massacre of the Innocents is the name given to infanticide in Bethlehem mentioned in the Gospel of Matthew, but not mentioned in the other gospels nor in the early apocrypha. According to a Christian tradition, the described events fulfilled the prophecy of Jeremiah. Massacre of the Innocents - The Massacre. According to the Gospel of Matthew 2:16–18: "When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem ...

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The commemoration of the massacre of these "Holy Innocents" -- considered the first martyrs for Christ -- first appears as a feast of the western church in the Leonine Sacramentary, dating from about 485. The feast is also called Childermas, Children's Mass, and Holy Innocents' Day, and is celebrated on different dates by different faith traditions: The Syrians and Chaldeans commemorate them on December 27; the Roman Catholic Church (using red vestments on this day since 1961, and violet or red with older missals), the Church of England, and the Lutheran Church commemorate the children on December 28; and the E ...

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Though many readers follow the author of Matthew in identifying a prophetic allusion from Jeremiah 31:15, others see this episode as expressly crafted for the purpose of recording apparently fulfilled prophecy. The Massacre of the Innocents is not mentioned in the other gospels nor in the early apocrypha. Nor is the episode mentioned by Josephus, who among other atrocities, records Herod's execution of two of his sons by his wife Marianme because he believed they posed a threat. (The Jewish War (I.535–7) and Jewish Antiquities (16.121–7, 356). The epis ...

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According to the Gospel of Matthew 2:16–18: "When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi. Then what was said through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: “A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they ...

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