Why do we say Good Friday?

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Does anyone know why the word Good is used with regards to this Friday?
 
Hi all, I don’t want to start another thread for this question (i’m just saving space;) ) but since we’re on the subject why is the Saturday after Good Friday called Black Saturday and what is Moundy Thursday.
 
Chatter163 said:
Good Friday comes from old English “God Friday”
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This May or May Not be true, it’s one possibility. My priest always said it was “Good Friday” because it’s the best thing that ever happened for me.

Maundy Thursday…Maundy=Holy so it’s Holy Thursday

Very Rarely heard Saturday refered to as Black Saturday…perhaps it reflects the blackness (darkness) of the grave.
 
I’ve always thought of it in the same vein as the line in the Exsultet:

“O happy fault, O necessary sin of Adam, which gained for us so great a Redeemer!”
 
This May or May Not be true, it’s one possibility. My priest always said it was “Good Friday” because it’s the best thing that ever happened for me.

Maundy Thursday…Maundy=Holy so it’s Holy Thursday

Very Rarely heard Saturday refered to as Black Saturday…perhaps it reflects the blackness (darkness) of the grave.
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The explanation offered by the priest for Good Friday is a 20th century invention, intended to appeal to small children. It is unknown in history, but the Anglo adaptation of God Friday is well known. It is fairly easy to research this one.

Maundy does NOT mean holy. It is another anglicization of a word. In this case, Maundy is the older English form of *mandatum *(meaning mandate, since Our Lord commanded the apostles to do something). This was the name for the ceremony of the washing of the feet at the Last Supper. All of Fortescue’s books refer to this.
 
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