You think nothing Biblical happened on the Lord's Day, on Pascha, on the Day that Jesus rose from the Dead?
And it wasn't a pagan day -- read the article and you'll see how wrong you are
It was exhaustive and detailed but it said nothing! Forget about the myth, the real answer is why did the RCC change Passover to Easter? Passover is the Feast Day God appointed in Leviticus 23. Passover is the day Jesus died on the cross. He rose from the grave on First Fruits. Neither day is EVER on Easter. Nothing Biblical ever happened on Easter. It was a pagan day celebrated by Romans and was dragged into the church in the 4th century for whatever reason.
If you want to celebrate the "Risen Lord", why not do it on the proper day?
The Church did NOT "Change Passover to Easter" -- didn't you read the article?
The term for the celebration of the risen Lord is Pascha.
Why do you use the English term "Easter"? Note - it's only called that in English. in every other language bar German (Ostern) and Polish (Wielkanoc = "Great night") it is a variant of Pascha/Pascal/Passover
You think nothing Biblical happened on the Lord's Day, on Pascha, on the Day that Jesus rose from the Dead?
And it wasn't a pagan day -- read the article and you'll see how wrong you are
The proper day to celebrate the Risen Lord is everyday.
Said nothing my eye. It was an exhaustively thorough refutation.
In the mid-second century there was the Quartodeciman controversy...where the Christians of Asia Minor were celebrating Easter on Passover, no matter what day of the week it fell on. The rest of the world celebrated it on Sunday. Both practices, apparently, were apostolic in origin.
Nevertheless, Pope Victor threatened to excommunicate the Quartodecimans as at variance with the rest of the world, but Irenaeus wrote him and told him not to be hasty and to tolerate the difference in practice.
Eventually Quartodecimanism disappeared. But it is clear that at least some Christians for the first two centuries were celebrating Easter *on the date of Passover*, and they were in communion with the rest of the Christian world who celebrated it on a Sunday.
It was a pagan day celebrated by Romans and was dragged into the church in the 4th century for whatever reason.
Nonsense. First of all, Easter couldn't have replaced "a pagan day celebrated by Romans" because it fell on a different day on the Roman calendar every year (remember...it is always on Sunday).
Also, we have an ancient Roman calendar: the Philocalian or the Chronography of 354. If you are going to make a blanket assertion that Easter replaced a "pagan day celebrated by Romans", how about telling us which pagan celebration that might be?
Monday 11 Nisan. Clearing The Temple. Matt. 21:14-17
Tuesday 12 Nisan. A Long Day Of Teaching, Parables And Confrontation, Then A Prophecy Lesson. To many things for a Link to.
Wednesday 13 Nisan. The Betrayal. Luke 22:1-6
Thursday 14 Nisan. The Crucifixion, Passover, day of Preparation. John 19:31 All four gospels agree that Preparation day was the day on which Jesus was crucified.
Friday, 15 Nisan. The Feast Of Unleavened Bread. 1 Peter 3:18-20
Saturday, 16 Nisan. The Weekly Sabbath. Exodus 20:10
Sunday, 17 Nisan. The Resurrection, The Feast Of First Fruits. Heb. 9:11-12
Now before anyone gets on me about the date 10 Nisan read Exodus 12 first please.
Also before commenting on the day of our Lords crucifixion consider Luke 24:18-21 below.
“Are you the only one visiting Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?”
19 “What things?” he asked.
“About Jesus of Nazareth,” they replied. “He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people.
20 The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him;
21 but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place.
It was Sunday, the third day since it happened. That means Saturday would have been the second day since it happened, and Friday the first day since, thus Thursday the day it happened.
Later that day he came to the ten, for Judas was dead and Thomas off somewhere else.
45 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures.
46 He told them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,
47 and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
48 You are witnesses of these things.
49 I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”(Luke 24:45-49).
The empty tomb is proof that our faith is not in vain. Amen Father, in Jesus' name.