“Paul was not speaking about “easter.” it took two centuries after Paul’s time for the easter “
Actually, one of the earliest controversy in the church was whether to commemorate it on Passover or on the Sunday following. That was mid-second-century. Polycarp - a 1st century bishop of Smyrna and disciple of the Apostle John - commemorated it on passover. Reference:
http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf201.iii.x.xxv.html
Yeah but Passover got bastardized. Bibilically it occurs on Nisan 14 and was observed by early Christians (and many today) as a memorial of the Lord's atoning death on the cross. This biblical view changed to a traditional view where Passover or Easter became more about his resurrection than his death:
1Co 11:23 For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread;
1Co 11:24 and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, "Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me."
1Co 11:25 In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me."
1Co 11:26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death till He comes
This night was Passover, an annual holy day commanded by Christ and kept by Christ. It was the last holy day that Christ observed while in the flesh.
>> “Actually, one of the earliest controversy in the church was whether to commemorate it on Passover or on the Sunday following” <<
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NO! - There were two and a half millenia of scriptural worship exactly setting out how and when. The “controversy” was not Christian, it was pure satanic defiance. Polycarp got it all correct because he was John’s right hand man.