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To: DouglasKC

In Greek you can't replace "Passover" with "Easter", because they're both Pascha. It's the same holiday.


16 posted on 04/08/2006 8:31:41 AM PDT by A.J.Armitage (http://calvinist-libertarians.blogspot.com/)
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To: A.J.Armitage
In Greek you can't replace "Passover" with "Easter", because they're both Pascha. It's the same holiday.

Yes and no. It started off as Passover, the time sanctioned by God, and evolved into Easter, the holiday. The greek word originally meant just that, Passover, the day ordained by God. Over the centuries it became corrupted and came to mean the holiday, Easter, as well.

19 posted on 04/08/2006 8:42:36 AM PDT by DouglasKC
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