From Stars to Stable: Augustine, Astrology and the True Light of Christmas

Left: Gentile da Fabriano, ‘Adoration of the Magi,’ 1423, Uffizi Gallery, Milan. Right: Peter Paul Rubens, ‘St. Augustine,’ ca. 1615, Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, Madrid. Background: ‘Starry Night’ / Shutterstock.

COMMENTARY: St. Augustine’s rejection of astrology reveals why the light we seek is not found in the heavens, but in the humility of the Incarnation celebrated at Christmas and Epiphany.

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