Why Is Good Friday Called Good? -- Some Explanations

[mdgspencer]

see in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20130501023343AAGwCTk
I thought I should also directly quote a classic explanation, in the Catholic “Baltimore Catechism,” that it is called good because “because by his death Christ showed His great love for man, and purchased for him every blessing.”

 

[Robert_Sock]

I used to ask myself the same question. It does indeed seem like a paradox in so many ways, but the answer is that redemption was won, and the gates of Heaven opened.

 

[Nelka]

Because of Goode (old spelling) means Holy.