The Twenty-Fifth Day of December, in the 5199th year of the creation of the world, from the time when God in the beginning made out of nothing the heavens and the earth; the 2957th year after the flood; the 2015th year from the birth of Abraham; the 1510th year from Moses, and the going forth of the people of Israel from Egypt; the 1032nd year from the anointing of David King; in the 65th week according to the prophecy of Daniel; in the 194th Olympiad; the 752nd year from the foundation of the city of Rome; the 42nd year of the rule of Octavian Augustus, all the earth being at peace, in the sixth age of the world: Jesus Christ, the Eternal God, and the Son of the Eternal Father, willing to consecrate the world by His most merciful coming, being conceived by the Holy Spirit, nine months after His conception (here the voice is raised and all kneel) was born in Bethlehem of Judah of the Virgin Mary, being made man.
What follows is said in the ordinary voice, but in the tone of a Passion:
The Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ according to the Flesh.
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