More like replacements for pagan feasts. Devotion to Mary, if you sre implying this, goes back into the second century, because it relates closely to the doctrine of the incarnation. No festival dats for the Nativity was universdally celebrated. Some belived that Jesus died on the anniversary of his birth. The real date controversy was over when to celebrate Easter, since this is the principal Christian feast.
102 posted on 11/22/2007 8:11:37 PM MST by RobbyS
Constantine at Nicea in order to disassociate from anything Jewish, Fifty days after the feast of First Fruits was the G-d commanded feastYah'shua's resurrection occurred on the G-d's Commanded Feast of First Fruits,
shalom b'shem Yah'shua
which occurs ( as detailed in Leviticus 23:15) on the day following the Shabbat
following Pesach, which was the first day of the week (a Sunday).
introduced pagan feasts as a substitute for G-d's commanded feast day.
of Shavuot (Pentecost in the Greek) where all observant Jews were
to be in Jerusalem to celebrate the giving of the Torah to Moses, spending
the day reading YHvH's Word (Jesus).