Do Catholics celebrate Easter

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The English name, “Easter”, and the German, “Ostern”, derive from the name of Germanic Goddess of the Dawn (thus, of spring, as the dawn of the year) - called �aster, �astre, and �ostre, in various dialects of Old English. In England, the annual festive time in her honor was in the “Month of Easter”, equivalent to April. The Venerable Bede, an 8th Century English Christian monk wrote in Latin:

“Eosturmonath, qui nunc paschalis mensis interpretatur, quondam a dea illorum quae Eostre vocabatur et cui in illo festa celebrabant nomen habuit.”

Which means: "Eastermonth, which is now interpreted as the paschal month, was formerly named after the goddess Eostre, and has given its name to the festival."

Should we just call it the : Resurrection Sunday or Sunday of the Resurrection than Easter? Even the Ven. Bede signifies its Pagan one, why not replace it?
 
aprilfloyd said:
The link I was sent mentioned ‘Easter Sunday’ and ‘Passover’
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Many part of the world dont call it “Easter” but Paschal.

You need to be more specific as to what you are asking. Your question makes little sense in the light of Catholicism.
 
SonSearcher said:
Why do you pose provocative questions so often?

It seems you want to rile some folks on the forum every couple of days.

I am kind of surprised that this thread has not been reduced to “where is your proof for the existence of God?”
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I just ask questions. Not trying to provoke. I don’t see how asking some simple questions riles people. I am sure they can speak for themselves and from what I see they do a great job.

Do you feel I should not ask questions?
 
Marie5890 said:
Many part of the world dont call it “Easter” but Paschal.

You need to be more specific as to what you are asking. Your question makes little sense in the light of Catholicism.
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Simply, my question is why use a word associated with a different goddess , for a popular day in the Catholic Calendar, I asked it because it is nearly ‘Easter’
 
aprilfloyd said:
I just ask questions. Not trying to provoke. I don’t see how asking some simple questions riles people. I am sure they can speak for themselves and from what I see they do a great job.

Do you feel I should not ask questions?
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Ask away. I just see you post every now and then and it always rapidly descends into chaos because many times you argue in a cyclical/close minded way. You pose a question asking something and you many times disregard any and all answers unless they correspond directly with the answer you are looking for.
 
aprilfloyd said:
I was thinking more of ‘Easter’ as in eggs, bunnies etc, rather than killing.
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But Easter isn’t actually about eggs and bunnies. And it’s not about killing either. It is about new life in our Lord Jesus Christ, and THAT is what Catholics celebrate. The REAL reason for the season.

The secular world on the other hand celebrates bunnies and eggs, unfortunately.
 
aprilfloyd said:
Simply, my question is why use a word associated with a different goddess , for a popular day in the Catholic Calendar, I asked it because it is nearly ‘Easter’
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Ah, so you are hung up on the word “easter”

Gotcha.
Truth is, it depends which country you are in as to what word is used. Many parts of the world dont use “easter” put Paschal or Pascha etc…

If you go to those different countries you wont see or hear the word “easter” you will hear Pascha or paschal.

Watch the celebrations from Rome. They use the word “Pascha” not easter.
 
Nigel7 said:
But Easter isn’t actually about eggs and bunnies. And it’s not about killing either. It is about new life in our Lord Jesus Christ, and THAT is what Catholics celebrate. The REAL reason for the season.

The secular world on the other hand celebrates bunnies and eggs, unfortunately.
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Yea, that whole chocoate easter bunny thing is sooooooooo SECULARISM in the extreme!!!

Got nada to do with Catholic, Orthodox, Christian theology…

Nada…
 
SonSearcher said:
Ask away. I just see you post every now and then and it always rapidly descends into chaos because many times you argue in a cyclical/close minded way. You pose a question asking something and you many times disregard any and all answers unless they correspond directly with the answer you are looking for.
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I don’t see chaos - just a multiplicity of views

I am not looking for a ‘set answer’ in a cyclical way- that is somewhat tautologous and counter productive. I do ask a question sometimes repeatedly as there is a lot of evasion and obfuscation on these threads, but I get that - religion is by definition fuzzy, it has to be.

It would be cool to find out if a god did exist, but as many have said on this forum, I won’t find it here.
 
aprilfloyd said:
It would be cool to find out if a god did exist, but as many have said on this forum, I won’t find it here.
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Yes, sincere prayer is needed to find God, and we can’t do your praying for you in order to find Him.

That is your responsibility. 🙂
 
aprilfloyd said:
It would be cool to find out if a god did exist, but as many have said on this forum, I won’t find it here.
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When you come to discover God, the God of the Catholic church, it will be way more than cool. You won’t even be able to describe it.
 
aprilfloyd said:
I don’t see chaos - just a multiplicity of views

I am not looking for a ‘set answer’ in a cyclical way- that is somewhat tautologous and counter productive. I do ask a question sometimes repeatedly as there is a lot of evasion and obfuscation on these threads, but I get that - religion is by definition fuzzy, it has to be.

It would be cool to find out if a god did exist, but as many have said on this forum, I won’t find it here.
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I would agree yes you won’t “find” religion on here, and while you are at it you seem to speak as if you will not find it elsewhere. When you state “religion is by definition fuzzy” you are illustrating this point exactly. Your lack of open mindedness makes me think unless that changes you will not find God even though He is calling you constantly.
 
Diana_Catherine said:
When you come to discover God, the God of the Catholic church, it will be way more than cool. You won’t even be able to describe it.
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I don’t doubt, discovering a God, would be really cool, but he or she or it, is so evasive.
 
aprilfloyd said:
So they use the term ‘Easter’ after ‘Ishtar’ but used it to commemorate the crucifixion and resurrection.

Do they also celebrate the ‘passover’, if so do you not think that is a bit, how to describe it - awful.
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I think you misunderstand what celebrate means. Celebrate doesn’t imply joy by its nature, but rather commemoration, a remembering. You celebrate birthdays, baptisms, but also funerals, and war. When people remember the September 11th attacks and hold memorial services, or perform some kind of routine in remembrance of the day, they are celebrating.

The English name of “Easter” may have its origins in pagan lore, but it is how we celebrate it that matters. Not the name. When Christians refer to Easter, we refer to the day Jesus rose from the dead. And while many may also partake in the custom of the Easter bunny and the like, it is out of fun and not pagan observances. Many even take the pagan symbols and use them for Christian symbolism, replacing the pagan aspect to something Christ centered.
 
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