Epiphany

Epiphany, Greek word that is sometimes used as a personal name , meaning " manifestation " because the Lord revealed to the heathen in the person of the Magi. The real king who must contemplate in this festival is the little Jesus . Liturgical prayers refer to the star that led the wise men by the Divine Child , who sought to worship him.
Precisely in this worship the holy fathers have been accepting the divinity of Jesus Christ by the pagan peoples . Mages use their skills learned in his case , the astronomy of his time to find the Savior promised through Israel, to all men .
The sacred mystery of the Epiphany is mentioned in the Gospel of Matthew. Arriving magicians Jerusalem , they asked the court the whereabouts of the "King of the Jews." The scribes knew inform them that the Messiah of the Lord was born in Bethlehem , the birthplace of David small city , but were unable to go to worship with foreigners. Wizards , coming to the place where the child with Mary his mother were , offered gold, frankincense and myrrh, precious substances in which the tradition has wanted to see the implicit recognition of the messianic kingship of Christ (gold ) of his divinity (incense ) and humanity ( myrrh ) .
A Melchor , Gaspar and Baltasar - names that have been attributed to legend , considering three triple the gift to be presented as text can adequately Evangelical pilgrims to call them star . Oriental magicians called their doctors , in Persian language , wizard means " priest." The tradition later gave these characters the title of kings, and looking further emphasize the solemnity of the episode that , in itself, is humble and simple . This attribution of royal visitors has occasionally been supported by numerous passages of Scripture that describe the tribute that the Messiah of Israel receives from foreign kings .