Hi Abraham,

You wrote:
At the time Jesus was born, there were angels that came to the shepherds. The angel told them to: follow the east star, and you'll find an East King etc., etc.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, let's get our Scripture straight. Let's look at Matthew 2:

"After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him."

Matthew 2:1-2

So first of all, the reference is to Magi, not shepherds, and it is to his star in the east, not to the east star.

You wrote:
but the east star has the same meaning as the morning, or day star and, in Latin, morning star spells lucifer.

The star could be any star in the eastern region of the sky, not necessarily the morning star.

You wrote:

• How many Gods are there?

There are three Persons in One God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, the Trinity — one in substance and undivided. These three persons are one, in essence (i.e. they share the same being) but constitute one God.

You wrote:

• Who is born as a human, in Jesus?

If I understand your question correctly, it was the Second Person of the Trinity, the Son or God, the Word, who was born of the Virgin Mary in Bethlehem and named Jesus. Jesus was a Divine Person with both a human and a divine nature, completely united without mixture. Thus, Jesus was fully human and fully divine from the moment of his conception.

Hope this helps!

Eric

Dear Abraham,

First, your study of the words related to star and Lucifer is not directly related to your two questions:

• Do you have a question related to that?

Here are some brief answers for your other questions.

You wrote:

• How many Gods are there?

The Catholic Faith holds only one God. The One God is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. This mystery of the Trinity is essentially 3 in 1; three persons, one nature.

You wrote:

• Who is born as a human, in Jesus?

Jesus is God, born as a man. He has both human and Divine natures, thus he is fully God and fully Human. While Jesus:

• is human,
• has a human will and soul, and
• everything that you and I have . . .

We speak of him as a Divine person. He is God in every sense as well.

This is a mystery we call the Incarnation.

Both these facets of Christianity are cornerstones of our beliefs. There is much written about them over the course of many centuries.

For a good summary of these doctrines I would recommend the Catholic Catechism.  Too brief an answer will undoubtedly lead to more questions.

Good luck.

Peace,

Bob Kirby

Abraham,

The Magi saw the star at its rising. All stars appear to rise, except the pole star, and all of them appear to rise in the east.

The morning star is not the only star that rises in the east. It is the one that appears just before the sun rises in the morning.

It can be any one of three planets (Jupiter, Mars, or Venus), and its name: Day Star is not the same as Lucifer (Light bearer) though it means something similar.

Mary Ann

Hi Abraham,

I'm not sure it's so much a matter of a name being given to Jesus, for a particular reason, as it is a matter of Jesus being compared to the day star as the star that serves as the forerunner of the dawn: the dawn symbolizing the fullness of salvation and dispelling of the darkness of sin.

Eric

Abraham,

The Scripture actually says, Before the day star, I have begotten you — and the Church has understood that to refer to Christ, in symbol, so Christ is not the day star.

As a matter of fact, Morning Star is a title given to Mary, the Mother of Jesus, because she appears as the harbinger of the Son who is like the Sun.

Mary Ann