Easter: a pagan holiday?

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The resurrection was the first sunday after the first full moon, very likely the first one after the vernal equinox.

Unless Christ timed his resurrection to be ā€œsecretly paganā€ we can dismiss all such tripe.
 
Easter is an English name of Pasch (the latter is a translation of Passover). The fact that a common name may have been borrowed from a cultural celebration around the same time should not be confused with actually celebrating that other event.
 
Blame the Hebrews! Easter is based on the feast of Passover, and the feast of Passover coincides with pagan feasts of long, long ago.

As someone once said about Christmas, it doesnā€™t matter when we celebrate it, there would have certainly have been a pagen feast to coincide with it!

And so what if it is nicknamed ā€˜easterā€™? from the east comes the rising sun, Godā€™s daily reminder of His Risen Son.šŸ™‚
 
Many people will claim that the Christian holidays have pagan origins. The reason for similarities in dates and traditions (ie Christmas tree) is because many of the pagans who converted to Christianity in its early years, replaced their previous pagan holidays with that of Christian ones. Many of the Christian holidays are slapped right over pagan holidays.
 
roseproject said:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%92ostre

Explanation please?

Thanks in advance šŸ™‚
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Easter is called Pascha or some variant of that in Romance speaking countries. I would think Easter would be similar to how in German speaking countries it is Ostern: Easter(n). Because the sun rises in the East, but as Christians we believe that Christ rose from the dead (in the eastā€“Jerusalem), and that he will come again from the east. Easter, short for eastern. At least this makes sense to me. šŸ™‚
 
I thought that the reason that these events are celebrated when they are is because they were chose with respect to celestial events. For example, Christmas is celebrated not when Christ was likely born, but around the time of winter when the days stop getting shorter and start to become longer. It symbolizes the darkness of the world and the light that Christ has brought into it. Any association with Pagan celebrations are probably due to the celestial basis of the days.
 
smndtupidisaftr said:
I thought that the reason that these events are celebrated when they are is because they were chose with respect to celestial events. For example, Christmas is celebrated not when Christ was likely born, but around the time of winter when the days stop getting shorter and start to become longer. It symbolizes the darkness of the world and the light that Christ has brought into it. Any association with Pagan celebrations are probably due to the celestial basis of the days.
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The way that December 25th was chosen is complex, and not necessarily having anything to do with the winter solstice, which actually comes four days earlier.

However, it is said that the Roman Census documents, which include the names of the Holy Family, were in Rome.
Finally, though never at Rome, on authority he knows that the census papers of the Holy Family are still there. [This appeal to Roman archives is as old as Justin Martyr (First Apology 34-35) and Tertullian (Adv. Marc., IV, 7, 19). Julius, in the Cyriline forgeries, is said to have calculated the date from Josephus, on the same unwarranted assumptions about Zachary as did Chrysostom.] Rome, therefore, has observed 25 December long enough to allow of Chrysostom speaking at least in 388 as above (P.G., XLVIII, 752, XLIX, 351).
newadvent.org/cathen/03724b.htm
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If you have insomnia some night, try reading the Catholic Encyclopedia link I provided on how the celebration of Christmas came about.

In all, itā€™s always why we celebrate these holidays, not what they may have once stood for by pagans.

Jim
 
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