[DouglasKC]

Thanks for your input Chuck and nice to see you again...

[Uri’el-2012]

The history behind the establishment of Easter as a principal festival within the church is an example of the inculturation of Judeo-Christian and pagan celebrations.

 

The Judeo-Christian Passover became fused with pagan fertility worship to create a new festival celebrating the resurrection of Christ. This was observed at a different time from the Passover. Known as the Quartodeciman controversy, the debate over when this celebration concerning Christ should be observed reverberated across the empire through the second, third and fourth centuries. Eventually it was established by the Council of Nicea in A.D. 325 and reinforced at the Synod of Antioch in A.D. 341. The Synod called for the excommunication of any who resisted the new Easter observance. Those who resisted were forced to move beyond the reach of the empire.

 

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B'shem Y'shua
chuck

[olddecman]

As part of the Easter controversy, Polycrates wrote a letter to Pope Victor I stating that both the Apostle John and Polycarp kept the Passover on Nissan 14. Just do a search on the topic Easter Controversy and you should run across a reference to Polycrates's letter.

[Uri’el-2012]

Thanks for your input Chuck and nice to see you again...

;-)

B'shem Y'shua
chuck