The Magi’s interfaith encounter (Matthew 2:1-12)
And six stars they offer for our own
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Like our contemporary communities, first century Judea was a multireligious society. In port cities and along trading routes, adherents of the Mediterranean world’s varied faith traditions encountered one another, discovering their differences and their common ground.
