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To: Bratch
FYI, Ishtar was not renamed to Easter by Constantine.

The Latin for Easter is Pascha (as in Paschal / Passover Lamb)

In Italian it's Pasqua

Spanish: Pascua

French: Pâques

Dutch: Pasen

Danish: påske

Portuguese: Páscoa

Greek: Πάσχα (pascha)

Only in the German and English is the day for the Resurrection called anything resembling "Easter" (English: Easter

13 posted on 08/15/2015 8:14:08 PM PDT by markomalley (Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good -- Leo XIII)
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To: markomalley
Passover is not Resurrection day. Passover means protection from the death angel. Pass-over. Christ became our pass-over protection from death..devil. Easter was added and it is a tradition of man not of God - Christ.
22 posted on 08/15/2015 8:43:22 PM PDT by Just mythoughts (Jesus said Luke 17:32 Remember Lot's wife.)
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