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According to Catholics, Lent is derived from the 40 days Yeshua spent fasting in the wilderness, but it is admitted that the observance of Lent was unknown to the disciples and it did not find its way into the church until several centuries after the time of the Messiah. Lent was an indispensible preliminary to the great annual festival in commemoration of the death and resurrection of Tammuz — which was celebrated by alternate weeping and rejoicing. So the 40 days of Lent is connected with the Babylonian goddess Ashtoreth/ Astarte/Ishtar (the origin of the word Easter), and the worship of Tammuz.

Please do some reading before spouting easily refutable false stories?

St. Irenaeus wrote to Pope St. Victor I in about 190 AD, commenting on the celebration of Easter and the differences between practices in the East and the West: "The dispute is not only about the day, but also about the actual character of the fast. Some think that they ought to fast for one day, some for two, others for still more; some make their 'day' last 40 hours on end. Such variation in the observance did not originate in our own day, but very much earlier, in the time of our forefathers" (Eusebius, History of the Church, V, 24).

LadyL -- your statement is wrong. Now think of other things about Catholicism that others may have told you that are wrong

here is proof for the falseness of this Tammuz blah blah

The month of Tammuz in Old Testament times is roughly equivalent to our July. To the best evidence, that was when the Babylonian pagans, and the fallen Israelites mentioned in Ezekiel 8:14 would “weep for Tammuz”. Also, this weeping took place on the second day of that month, right after the new moon. Not for forty days.

Two basic facts:

1) The weeping for Tammuz was not a 40 day thing.
2) The month of Tammuz is 4 months after Easter. They aren’t even in the same time of year.

It was my understanding that not only did Hebrew letters have meanings, unlike English letters, but there was a numeric value to the letters..

The number six hundred threescore and six in Hebrew ‘letters’ was eye opening..

Hebrew letter Tau had on a chart a value of 400
That letter represented a mark,sign or a cross. Strongs#8420

Hebrew letter Resh had on a chart a value of 200
That letter represented by a head strongs #7217

Hebrew letter Kaf had on a chart a value of 20 ( three score would be three of these)
That letter represented a hand, palm of hand, sole of foot - strongs #3709

Hebrew letter was had on a chart a value of 6
That letter represented by a peg or a hook (as in tent peg)
Strongs #2053

600 threescore and six in Hebrew letters

400- mark, sign cross
200- head
20- palm of hand/sole of foot
20- palm of hand/sole of foot
20- palm of hand/sole of foot
6- peg/hook

Billions of people today will receive a mark on their foreheads.. a cross.
And billions of those same people ‘cross’ themselves every day.

Now the question I would have..

Is it just a catholic thing or is it a christian thing?
The cross is not just a catholic sign..

The number in revelation six hundred threescore and six is a number that represents the beast..

And the spooky thing.,. There are some that there are some texts that show the number listed isn’t 666 but 616.
That doesn’t change much in the Hebrew, except for one letter.. and that letter would replace Kaf and it also means hand so the picture it shows is exactly the same..

Here is wisdom.. he that has understanding, let him count the number of the beast.
In Hebrew, a picture emerges..

Lent was an indispensible preliminary to the great annual festival in commemoration of the death and resurrection of Tammuz — which was celebrated by alternate weeping and rejoicing. So the 40 days of Lent is connected with the Babylonian goddess Ashtoreth/ Astarte/Ishtar (the origin of the word Easter), and the worship of Tammuz.

Yes, that's why Elijah, Moses, and Jesus each fasted 40 days in the wilderness -- they were all Ashtoreth / Tammuz worshippers. /s

You're really smarter than to fall for the garbage in Alexander Hislop's stupid excuse for a book.

(Oh, and "Ishtar" is not the origin of the word "Easter". In fact, the Chaldean Christians of Iraq -- you know, ancient Babylon -- call Easter "Gayasa". Doesn't sound much like "Ishtar" or "Easter," does it? Latins and Greeks call it "pascha".)

“...Yeshua?...spent fasting ... it is admitted that the observance of Lent was unknown to the disciples ...”

Admitted by who??? Where are these absurd ideas originating from?

Catholics observe lent to imitate their Lord and Master, Jesus Christ, who fasted for 40 days and nights; there is no other reason, despite the failed attempt to twist a perfectly Christian practice imitating Jesus into a pagan one.

Please refer to 1 Thessalonians 1:6-7 (and other verses) for the “permission” from scripture to imitate Our Lord (and His saints)