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https://educationalevidence.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/family-8370118_1280.jpg900668Today we know that the historical Jesus bore little resemblance to the Christ fashioned by the Christmas tradition. The two figures were, in fact, poles apart and far from being one and the same. On this point—though it is never mentioned in sermons—there is broad consensus among biblical scholars. After decades of research, there is ample evidence to conclude that the Gospel image of the Christ of peace was largely a creation of the earliest Christian communities.