Ressurection Sunday vs. Easter vs. Paschal

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When I happen across the Protestant stations, they make an effort to call Easter " Ressurection Sunday". I also see this on church signs.

Now, I understand the desire to move away from the word Easter, as its origins come from some fertility godess or some sort of thing. Resurrection Sunday? :yawn: Why not the traditional Paschal, or Paschal Sunday, as it was originally referred to and still is many places and in many traditions?

There seems to be this irresistible urge to reject everything and anything Catholic. The problem is that what is replaced always seems to be in a downward direction. If it’s not broke, why the urge to fix it?
 
While the little Catholic children will have fun with the Easter Bunny and Easter Eggs, do you think Protestants will let their children have fun with the Resurrection Sunday Bunny and Resurrection Sunday Eggs? :rolleyes: It just doesn’t have the same jolly feeling.

And when do they celebrate Resurrection Sunday, anyway? Do they follow the Catholic dates or the Orthodox dates? Admittedly, both calculations of the dates have become inaccurate over the centures. I wonder if that bothers them.
 
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While the little Catholic children will have fun with the Easter Bunny and Easter Eggs, do you think Protestants will let their children have fun with the Resurrection Sunday Bunny and Resurrection Sunday Eggs? :rolleyes: It just doesn’t have the same jolly feeling.

And when do they celebrate Resurrection Sunday, anyway? Do they follow the Catholic dates or the Orthodox dates? Admittedly, both calculations of the dates have become inaccurate over the centures. I wonder if that bothers them.
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Actually we should follow the jewish dates because they are the accurate ones.👍

Do the inaccuracies of the dates bother you?
BTW–catholics also have easter bunny and eggs as well. Why do you think this is a prot thing?

Thankfully no one in my family believes in the easter bunny.😃

My church calls it Resurrection Sunday and I, for one, am happy about it.👍
 
Ceil-1 said:
When I happen across the Protestant stations, they make an effort to call Easter " Ressurection Sunday". I also see this on church signs.

Now, I understand the desire to move away from the word Easter, as its origins come from some fertility godess or some sort of thing. Resurrection Sunday? :yawn: Why not the traditional Paschal, or Paschal Sunday, as it was originally referred to and still is many places and in many traditions?

There seems to be this irresistible urge to reject everything and anything Catholic. The problem is that what is replaced always seems to be in a downward direction. If it’s not broke, why the urge to fix it?
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Ive never heard of the word Paschal. Is this latin for Resurrection? If it means that then I have no problem with it.

I suppose,like myself, not too many people know what Paschal is.🤷
 
Why do those who have a problem referring to Jesus’ Resurrection as “Easter,” a day of the year once associated with a pagan goddess, not also have a problem referring to the first day of the week as “Sunday,” a day of the week once associated with a pagan sun god?
 
Todd_Easton said:
Why do those who have a problem referring to Jesus’ Resurrection as “Easter,” a day of the year once associated with a pagan goddess, not also have a problem referring to the first day of the week as “Sunday,” a day of the week once associated with a pagan sun god?
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Yeah, funny how people get selective about that stuff.

BTW, what are the chances that the word “god” also has pagan origins? Pretty good, I’m guessing.
 
I have to admit, I never understood the Easter Bunny thing, but I did enjoy waking up on Easter morning and hunting for the eggs, and getting all the candy.

Does anyone out there know the origin of the Easter Bunny anyway?

I say pooh on all those Iron-tails out there who deprive their children of easter baskets and candy and decorating the eggs. Why don’t they get a grip? :rolleyes:

And what a wonderful story of Peter Cottontail, partying all night and not seeing to his responsibilities, feeling remorseful and setting himself straight. They would never make a cartoon like that today.
 
Why not the traditional Paschal, or Paschal Sunday, as it was originally referred to and still is many places and in many traditions?

**Pascha, or some variant of it (Pascua, Paques, Pasquale) is the general European name for this day.

Let me point out that “Paschal” is the adjectival form, not nominative.

Pascha is also the preferred name in the Byzantine tradition. Orthodox (even English speaking Orthodox) use it all the time.**
 
Ceil-1 said:
I have to admit, I never understood the Easter Bunny thing, but I did enjoy waking up on Easter morning and hunting for the eggs, and getting all the candy.

Does anyone out there know the origin of the Easter Bunny anyway? …
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Ever heard of the phrase “breeding like rabbits”? The Easter Bunny is a symbol of fertility and life. The resurrection is all about life - everlasting life.

Happy Easter!
 
**Resurrection Sunday? Why not the traditional Paschal, or Paschal Sunday, as it was originally referred to and still is many places and in many traditions?

There seems to be this irresistible urge to reject everything and anything Catholic.**

**FWIW, the Latin liturgical books say “Dominica Resurrectionis”–Resurrection Sunday.

Is that Catholic enough for you?**
 
VociMike said:
Yeah, funny how people get selective about that stuff.

BTW, what are the chances that the word “god” also has pagan origins? Pretty good, I’m guessing.
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Etymology of the Word “God”

(Anglo-Saxon God; German Gott; akin to Persian khoda; Hindu khooda).

God can variously be defined as:
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* the proper name of the one Supreme and Infinite Personal Being, the Creator and Ruler of the universe, to whom man owes obedience and worship;
* the common or generic name of the several supposed beings to whom, in polytheistic religions, Divine attributes are ascribed and Divine worship rendered;
* the name sometimes applied to an idol as the image or dwelling-place of a god.
The root-meaning of the name (from Gothic root gheu; Sanskrit hub or emu, “to invoke or to sacrifice to”) is either “the one invoked” or “the one sacrificed to.” From different Indo-Germanic roots (div, “to shine” or “give light”; thes in thessasthai “to implore”) come the Indo-Iranian deva, Sanskrit dyaus (gen. divas), Latin deus, Greek theos, Irish and Gaelic dia, all of which are generic names; also Greek Zeus (gen. Dios, Latin Jupiter (jovpater), Old Teutonic Tiu or Tiw (surviving in Tuesday), Latin Janus, Diana, and other proper names of pagan deities. The common name most widely used in Semitic occurs as 'el in Hebrew, 'ilu in Babylonian, 'ilah
 
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