I don't know but what I am aware of, is that the INC founder Felix Manalo have received the office of being a Pastor and as a "Tagapamahala ng Iglesia" on December 25, 1918. The 5th anniversary of Iglesia Ni Kristo on December 25, 1918 confirms that INC indeed, started in 1913 and not 1914. This is also a clear and logical argument that INC may have started as a "church" in December 25, 1913 since the Pasugo (July 27, 1989) stated that the first fruits of his preaching were baptized at the Pasig River in late 1913.
If the Iglesia Ni Cristo celebrates the January 1 New Years Day, I think it would be acceptable (for INC) to also celebrate the INC anniversary during December 25, as Felix Manalo have previously celebrated also.
Iglesia ni Kristo
Maynila, Disyembre, 1918
BUHAY AT KAPAYAPAAN
Ginoo:
Mapitagan naming inaanyayahan ang iyong kamahalan sa gaganaping pagdiriwang ukol sa PAGPAPASALAMAT sanhi sa ika LIMANG TAONG BUHAY ng "IGLESIA NI KRISTO" sa Pilipinas at PAGPAPATONG NG KAMAY sa kapatid na Felix Manalo sa tungkuling pagka Pastor at Tagapamahala ng Iglesia. Ito'y idaraos sa Sine "Gloria" blg. 1649 daang Sande, Tundo, (Maynila) sa ika 25 ng Disyembre sa taong ito sa ganap na ika walo ng umaga (8:00 a.m.) ng nasabing araw.
Lubos ng aming pag-asa na pararangalan ng inyong pagharap ang nabanggit na pagdiriwang sa araw at oras na nabanggit.
Ang mga gumagalang,
USTINO CASANOVE
Pang. ng Lupon
TEODORO SANTIAGO
Kalihim ng Lupon
FEDERICO INOCENCIO
Kagawad ng Lupon
THE BARRIO OF Punta, Sta. Ana lies at the confluence of the Pasig and San Juan Rivers. In this place, Brother Felix Y. Manalo began fulfilling the prophecies of God about His last messenger who will emerge in the Far East at the time called "ends of the earth." He first introduced the Church to the workers of Atlantic Gulf and Pacific Company (A.G. & P.). The first fruits of his preaching were baptized at the Pasig River in late 1913..
Pasugo - July 27, 1989
Iglesia ni Cristo , the religion of Manalo, is actually not remote from any other belief. With just a few difference, INC is basically just like any other religion including its celebrations. so what`s new? NOTHING...
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December 25th as Christ's birthday makes its way into a "calendar" or chronology created in 354 AD/CE called the Calendar of Filocalus or Philocalian Calendar. In addition to listing the 25th of December as the Natalis Invicti, which means "Birth of the Unconquered (Sun)," the Calendar also names the day as that of natus Christus in Betleem Iudeae: "Birth of Christ in Bethlehem Judea." Hence, we can see that people of the fourth century were clearly aware of the association, if not identification, of Christ with the sun, as they had been in Cyprian's time and earlier, since Jesus is claimed to be the "Sun of Righteousness" in the Old Testament book of Malachi (4:2).
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