Why Do Protestants Celebrate Easter on the Date Set by The Catholic Church

[Rightlydivide]

I think that Fundamentalism will contine to sharpen their view based upon scripture alone. When I started this forum, the majority of us in our church celebrated Catholic holidays. This forum has been instrumental in my push for our church to quit doing so. It was simply something I had not considered until Catholics bring it up every year. And they are right to do so. Hopefully more of us will see the light on this. I was surprised when I googled how many of us already do not celebrate it. We are a young church and just took some things for granted early on.

 

[ConfusedTim]

Very true. And one of those holy men was named Martin Luther.

Lol - the same guy who added words to the bible, tried to remove books from the NT, actually removed books from the OT, voiced his deeply felt antagonism to the Jews and encouraged bigamy because it was expedient to do so.

 

[ConfusedTim]

I think that Fundamentalism will contine to sharpen their view based upon scripture alone. When I started this forum, the majority of us in our church celebrated Catholic holidays. This forum has been instrumental in my push for our church to quit doing so. It was simply something I had not considered until Catholics bring it up every year. And they are right to do so. Hopefully more of us will see the light on this. I was surprised when I googled how many of us already do not celebrate it. We are a young church and just took some things for granted early on.

The apostles were sent. They later laid hands on others and sent them. Who sent you?

 

[ConfusedTim]

I think that Fundamentalism will contine to sharpen their view based upon scripture alone. When I started this forum, the majority of us in our church celebrated Catholic holidays. This forum has been instrumental in my push for our church to quit doing so. It was simply something I had not considered until Catholics bring it up every year. And they are right to do so. Hopefully more of us will see the light on this. I was surprised when I googled how many of us already do not celebrate it. We are a young church and just took some things for granted early on

Should we call you Pope Rightlydivide?

 

[Marsha_Adams]

It happened a long time ago, but the date when Good Friday and Easter Sunday fall each year has historically been set by the Catholic Church. If protestants think the church is so bad, why do they take the lead from the CC when deciding when to celebrate Easter? Why not create your own date?

For the same reason that they worship on Sunday as ordained by the Church and not Saturday which was ordained by the Bible, and for the same reason they worship the Trinity which cannot be proven by Scripture Alone.

 

[JonNC]

Lol - the same guy who added words to the bible, tried to remove books from the NT, actually removed books from the OT, voiced his deeply felt antagonism to the Jews and encouraged bigamy because it was expedient to do so.

He translated the Bible, so I guess that’s “adding” words to it. German words.
He questioned books of the NT, just like many before him, all the way back to Eusebius.
He translated (with the help of some others) 74 books, and included them all. They’re still in Luther’s translation today.
Everyone today condemns his anti-judaism, just like we all condemn the anti-judaism of Catholics of his era, such as Johann Eck (Against the Defense of the Jews) .

Jon

 

[Rightlydivide]

I think that Fundamentalism will contine to sharpen their view based upon scripture alone. When I started this forum, the majority of us in our church celebrated Catholic holidays. This forum has been instrumental in my push for our church to quit doing so. It was simply something I had not considered until Catholics bring it up every year. And they are right to do so. Hopefully more of us will see the light on this. I was surprised when I googled how many of us already do not celebrate it. We are a young church and just took some things for granted early on

Should we call you Pope Rightlydivide?

I think we are being more consistent this way. You can and will call me whatever you wish.

 

[wisdomseeker]

Oh very well, if you prefer I’ll take out the humble qualifier and state it as plain fact.

I quite agree. But not all the “doctrines of the Church” are true, since some of them were invented by the aforementioned sinful human beings.

Well if the doctrine is incorrect, obviously it can’t have come from God. We just see it as returning to the original doctrine. To the Bible. Ultimately it’s a Restoration, not a Reformation.

Very true. And one of those holy men was named Martin Luther.

holy man? i guess you dont know much about your founder, do you?
I think the Founder of the CC is much Holier, dont you think? Now, I ask you, Jesus made One Covenant with His Church. How many Covenants do you think there is according to God?

According to your belief God has a divided House which Jesus said it cannot be for His House is built on the Rock. According to Jesus the gates of hell cannot prevail against His House. so how do you figure that protestant coming against the House of God can succeed?

 

[wisdomseeker]

The apostles were sent. They later laid hands on others and sent them. Who sent you?

They read the Bible and take names for themselves. Assume that the Bible was written to them. then they just continuously try to build a church, that one they think is that one in teh Bible. my question is, which protestant denomination has succeeded so far?

 

[wisdomseeker]

You know, since I came to CAF I’ve witnessed Catholics apologize for the mistakes from the reformation, the Orthodox schism etc time after time. And they won’t stop.

God must have forgave them, when is everyone else going to? So we can get on with salvation.

Wrong. God only fogaves those who repent and turn away from their ways into the ways of God. they have not done so.

 

[jblake]

ConfusedTim;:

but the date when Good Friday and Easter Sunday fall each year has historically been set by the Catholic Church.

Which explains why the Holy Roman Catholic and Apostolic Church point blank refuses to implement its canonically required reform of the date of Easter, until Protestant Christianity accepts the same date.

And also explains why the Holy Roman Catholic and Apostolic Church point blank refuses to accommodate changes that would bring its method of calculating Easter into line with those used by Oriental Christianity and Orthodox Christianity.

why do they take the lead from the CC

Jews wonder why the Holy Roman Catholic and Apostolic Church takes the date of Easter from Orthodox Judaism.

Why not create your own date?

• Old Calendar Orthodox Christians use one method of calculating Easter.
• Orthodox Christians use a different method of calculating Easter.
• Oriental Christians use yet another method of calculating Easter.
• Catholic Christianity uses yet another method of calculating Easter.
• Anglican Christianity uses yet another method of calculating Easter.
• Messianic Judaism uses yet another method of calculating Easter.
• Celtic Christianity uses yet another method of calculating Easter.
• Dutch Law and British Law use yet another method of calculating Easter.Albeit those laws are not legally binding.
• Vatican 2 mandated yet another method of calculating Easter. Albeit that method is honoured by the breach thereof.
• Commercial interests in the united states have proposed yet another method of calculating Easter;

Omitting the formula used by Old Calendarists, the dates of Easter, for this year, in chronological order are:

• 10 April
• 14 April
• 17 April
• 18 April
• 24 April

There are branches of Christianity that do not observe Easter, on the grounds that it is not Biblically commanded, and as such, to celebrate it would be a sin. OTOH, those branches do observe celebrations that are Biblically commanded, and honoured in the breach thereof, by both Catholic and Orthodox Christianity.

There are also branches of Christianity that observe neither Easter, nor any of the Biblically commanded celebrations.

jonathon

 

[Nine_Two]

• Old Calendar Orthodox Christians use one method of calculating Easter.
• Orthodox Christians use a different method of calculating Easter.
• Oriental Christians use yet another method of calculating Easter.
• Catholic Christianity uses yet another method of calculating Easter.
• Anglican Christianity uses yet another method of calculating Easter.
• Messianic Judaism uses yet another method of calculating Easter.
• Celtic Christianity uses yet another method of calculating Easter.
• Dutch Law and British Law use yet another method of calculating Easter.Albeit those laws are not legally binding.
• Vatican 2 mandated yet another method of calculating Easter. Albeit that method is honoured by the breach thereof.
• Commercial interests in the united states have proposed yet another method of calculating Easter;

Omitting the formula used by Old Calendarists, the dates of Easter, for this year, in chronological order are:

• 10 April
• 14 April
• 17 April
• 18 April
• 24 April

With the exception of Messianic Jews, who I assume use 14th of Nisan, none of those Churches use different formulas for calculating Easter, what they use are different calendars. Additionally secular authorities who are simply calculating a day to take off has no bearing on the holiday itself.
I’m curious if you have reference to where Vat II. changed the formula for Easter because this is the first I’ve heard of it, and the Catholic Church sure seems to use the ancient formula.

 

[ConstantineTG]

It happened a long time ago, but the date when Good Friday and Easter Sunday fall each year has historically been set by the Catholic Church. If protestants think the church is so bad, why do they take the lead from the CC when deciding when to celebrate Easter? Why not create your own date?

They also refer always to the Bible which also came from the Catholic Church. They really like biting the hand that feeds them

 

[ConfusedTim]

I once read a description that said something like this about protestants:

A group of bystanders watch a procession involving men wearing priestly clothing, carrying a tabernacle and holding aloft a revered book. The bystanders then grab the book and use segments of it to preach against the people who were carrying the book and the tabernacle in the first place.

It is only because of the foundations of the catholic church that protestants have any understanding of christianity and the concept of a body of Christ. There is absolutley no way that Christianity could have taken root without an authoritative church that drew together the Bible, notions of the Trinity, etc.

 

[Little_Mary]

I once read a description that said something like this about protestants:

A group of bystanders watch a procession involving men wearing priestly clothing, carrying a tabernacle and holding aloft a revered book. The bystanders then grab the book and use segments of it to preach against the people who were carrying the book and the tabernacle in the first place.

It is only because of the foundations of the catholic church that protestants have any understanding of christianity and the concept of a body of Christ. There is absolutley no way that Christianity could have taken root without an authoritative church that drew together the Bible, notions of the Trinity, etc.

I think you’re on to something here Tim…please continue where you stopped with “etc”…

 

[JonNC]

=ConfusedTim;7692999]I once read a description that said something like this about protestants:

A group of bystanders watch a procession involving men wearing priestly clothing, carrying a tabernacle and holding aloft a revered book. The bystanders then grab the book and use segments of it to preach against the people who were carrying the book and the tabernacle in the first place.

Polemical nonsense.

It is only because of the foundations of the catholic church that protestants have any understanding of christianity and the concept of a body of Christ. There is absolutley no way that Christianity could have taken root without an authoritative church that drew together the Bible, notions of the Trinity, etc.

This is quite true, as Luther himself stated.

JOn

 

[stevekehl]

It happened a long time ago, but the date when Good Friday and Easter Sunday fall each year has historically been set by the Catholic Church. If protestants think the church is so bad, why do they take the lead from the CC when deciding when to celebrate Easter? Why not create your own date?

Since no one disputes Jesus’ death on the Friday before Passover and His resurrection on the following Sunday, Protestant’s observe these dates which are set by the Jewish lunar calendar. This is why the date changes every year. On the subject of observing the resurrection, I have a friend who is a Messianic Jew and his congregation observes Passover but not Resurrection Sunday. They point out that Easter, its name, the rabbits, colored eggs, were originally used in pagan fertility rites and Christians shouldn’t participate in any of it. Any thoughts?

 

[ESMDHokie77]

So Christians took the word “Easter” from paganism, so what, I know of no one who celebrates pagan Easter, only Christian Easter.

 

[Sufjon]

Which explains why the Holy Roman Catholic and Apostolic Church point blank refuses to implement its canonically required reform of the date of Easter, until Protestant Christianity accepts the same date.

And also explains why the Holy Roman Catholic and Apostolic Church point blank refuses to accommodate changes that would bring its method of calculating Easter into line with those used by Oriental Christianity and Orthodox Christianity.

Jews wonder why the Holy Roman Catholic and Apostolic Church takes the date of Easter from Orthodox Judaism.

• Old Calendar Orthodox Christians use one method of calculating Easter.
• Orthodox Christians use a different method of calculating Easter.
• Oriental Christians use yet another method of calculating Easter.
• Catholic Christianity uses yet another method of calculating Easter.
• Anglican Christianity uses yet another method of calculating Easter.
• Messianic Judaism uses yet another method of calculating Easter.
• Celtic Christianity uses yet another method of calculating Easter.
• Dutch Law and British Law use yet another method of calculating Easter.Albeit those laws are not legally binding.
• Vatican 2 mandated yet another method of calculating Easter. Albeit that method is honoured by the breach thereof.
• Commercial interests in the united states have proposed yet another method of calculating Easter;

Omitting the formula used by Old Calendarists, the dates of Easter, for this year, in chronological order are:

• 10 April
• 14 April
• 17 April
• 18 April
• 24 April

There are branches of Christianity that do not observe Easter, on the grounds that it is not Biblically commanded, and as such, to celebrate it would be a sin. OTOH, those branches do observe celebrations that are Biblically commanded, and honoured in the breach thereof, by both Catholic and Orthodox Christianity.

There are also branches of Christianity that observe neither Easter, nor any of the Biblically commanded celebrations.

jonathon

So I just want to know who decides when the candy goes on sale.

Your friend
Sufjon

 

[estesbob]

True. There is not more than one Jesus, and in the beginning, there was not more than one Church.

There still is only one Church.