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To: chuck_the_tv_out

I’d dispute even that. “We” did not name the month, whe just us the name such as it is in order to be understood.


50 posted on 04/10/2009 11:30:37 AM PDT by annalex (http://www.catecheticsonline.com/CatenaAurea.php)
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To: annalex

Sure, but it’s still giving reverence to a thing. That’s why the dictators named months after themselves, after all; so we, 2000 years later, liking it or not, would still be paying them homage.

In the case of Resurrection Sunday, everyone would know what that means, so there’s a conscious choice there to call it easter, particularly given some of the responses here.

People don’t like change. Someone comes along & challenges their worldview, and they take it as a personal attack. This is a “C of E” thread, and protestants should be of the basic belief that the Reformation brought better things. Well perhaps with the increased education and communication we have today that is unprecedented there is an opportunity for more better things. Many churches will be calling it Resurrection Sunday on Sunday, by the way.


51 posted on 04/10/2009 11:39:32 AM PDT by chuck_the_tv_out (click my name)
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