Early Christian sources outside the New Testament also mention Jesus and details of his life.

No need to mention Jesus in anything to do with Christmas or Easter then...

During the inauguration ceremony itself, two preachers mentioned Jesus, and one added: "the name that's above all other names."

However, the lyrics do not specifically mention God or Jesus.

Why shouldn't they be allowed to mention Jesus?

Scholars have identified passages that mention Jesus in the context of his execution:

In fact, when they first proposed the project they were told to try and tell the story without mentioning Jesus.

For some, Johnson told me, "if you don't mention Jesus in every other sentence, there's something wrong."

One of the strangest things about this album is how rarely it mentions Jesus by name; only one song does.

Maybe he feared mentioning Jesus by name-there were all sorts of persecutions back then.