We Three Kings of Orient…Aren’t

In 1857 the Reverend John Henry Hopkins Jr — the rector of Christ Episcopal Church in Williamsport Pennsylvania wrote the now famous Christmas carol, We Three Kings of Orient Are. The problem is, practically everything in the Christmas carol is based on legends about the Magi and not the gospel of Matthew.

The magi did not come from a far away Eastern country like India, Persia or China. Saint Matthew never…