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To: CTrent1564
Why is it OK to use a pagan word to name a Christian holiday? Where's the scriptural basis for the celebration? You are certainly free to invent and celebrate whatever festivals you choose, but you shouldn't claim them as "Christian" without the scriptural authority to do so. Which you don't have.
69 posted on 04/16/2017 7:42:47 PM PDT by sourcery (Non Acquiescit: "I do not consent" (Latin))
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To: sourcery

You are operating under a Sola Scriptura protestant doctrine. I do not. I never said it was ok to use Easter, it didn’t say it was incorrect. The Word Easter is an old English word that they used for Easter.

As I said, in Latin-Roman Catholicism, the word is Pascha/Pasqua in Italian, the French and Spanish have similar words that are derived from Latin.

And yes the celebration is indeed Christian, Church Fathers who were pupils of the Apostles celebrated the feast (Polycarp, for example, a pupil of the Apostle Saint John).


71 posted on 04/16/2017 7:57:53 PM PDT by CTrent1564
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