“So the questions begged to be answered are, why did the Roman Catholic Papacy use the name of a pagan god to define one of Christianity’s most important events?”
It didn’t you ignorant moron. Easter is a term used only in Germanic language speaking countries - whether Catholic or Protestant. The Catholic Church used the term “Pasch” = Passover.
The real hypocrisy here is that a sciolist moron is trying to pass herself off as somewhat learned when she is not.
“Why are Christians all over the globe today still celebrating this pagan event at home & in the Church when God rebuled these pagan religious traditions?”
Only a moron would suggest celebrating the resurrection of Christ is pagan.
Free Republic needs a "like" button.
Generally I don't like such blunt disparagement of ignorant morons, but this is a classic anti-Catholic party-pooper argument advanced by those who think that history stopped around 100 AD and kicked back up in 1517.
It's truly astounding!
And the new anti-Catholic lexicon includes the word"hypocrisy" meaning apparent contradiction pertaining to something I not only don't know but am not interested in learning about.
The Epistle to the Hebrews refers to Baptism as enlightenment. We could stand a little light around here.
That sums it up nicely.
“Pasch = Passover”.
I believe the only time the word “Easter” appeared in the King James Version of the Bible was in Acts 12:4. But it shouldn’t be there. The word is translated from the Greek word pascha, which is properly translated as “Passover” 28 other times in the New Testament. I don’t know what the KJV translators were up to in mistranslating it as “Easter” in that place.
In celebrating communtion, let us remember the Lord’s death (Matthew 22:26-28) as He indicated and let us praise God that we serve a risen Savior!
You are correct and in Non-germanic language countries, Protestant or Catholic the season is referred to as Passover and it coincides with the Jewish Passover.
Only a moron would suggest celebrating the resurrection of Christ is pagan.:)