The Two Epiphanies

Epiphania Graece, Latine apparitio sive manifestatio vocatur. Eo enim die Christus sideris indicio Magis apparuit adorandus. Quod fuit figura primitiae credentium gentium. Quo die et Dominici baptismatis sacramentum et permutatae in vinum aquae, factorum per Dominum signorum principia extiterunt. Duae sunt autem epiphaniae: prima, in qua natus Christus pastoribus Hebraeorum angelo nuntiante apparuit; secunda, in qua ex gentium populis stella indice praesepis cunabula Magos adoraturos exhibuit. Sanctus Isidorus Hispalensis, Etymologiae, Lib 6.

What is named the Epiphany in Greek is called The Attendance or Manifestation in Latin. On this day the worshipful Christ appeared to the Magi who were guided by the star, which is a figure of the first gentile believers. On this day is also celebrated the Baptism of the Lord and the Changing of Water into Wine, the first signs made by the Lord. But really there are two Epiphanies, the first when Christ just born was shown to the shepherds of the Hebrews by the report of the angel, the second when he was shown in his manger of a crib to the star guided Magi of the gentile people. Saint Isidore of Seville, The Etymologies, Book 6