Hi Angeline,Of course they were women !! When have you ever know a man to attend a baby shower.![]()
I thought this was a fun read.
LONDON (Reuters) - The Three Wise Men who followed the star to Bethlehem bearing gifts for the baby Jesus may not have been all that wise -- or even men.
"Magi is a word which discloses nothing about numbers, wisdom or gender embodied in the term," a Synod spokesman said Tuesday after the revision was agreed by the Church of England's parliament which meets twice a year.
In the authorized 17th century King James bible used by up to 70 million worshippers in Anglican churches around the world, the gift-bearing visitors are referred to as "The Three Wise Men."
Now they are to be called just "Magi" and no longer gender-specific in the Anglican prayer book.
The decision was greeted by mocking newspaper headlines like "The Three Fairly Sagacious Persons" and "Is it unwise to call the Magi men?"
Anglicans are debating whether words like "Chairman" can be replaced at committee meetings by more neutral words like "Chair."
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/reuters20040210_119.html
Angeline
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