And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
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Gregory the Theologian
AD 390
He was wrapped in swaddling bands, but at the resurrection he released the swaddling bands of the grave. He was laid in a manger but was praised by angels, disclosed by a star and adored by magi. Oration, On the Son.