Is “Easter” in the original Scriptures?

[LanaPodesta]

Neither is "Easter" in the bible. It is exposed in the OP that it dates back to Spring Equinox festival.

Bro "the Bible" isn't mentioned in the Bible.

No, Easter dates back to the Anastasis.

 

[Carry_Your_Name]

...in any country in which there are Christians?

I have no idea what you mean by your second question

And what exactly is the festival called other than Easter, in these countires?

 

[Carry_Your_Name]

Bro "the Bible" isn't mentioned in the Bible

No, Easter dates back to the Anastasis.

Really? Is the word "book" in the bible? If yes, then so is "bible". It's transliteration of the Greek word "biblos" (βίβλος).

 

[LanaPodesta]

And what exactly is the festival called other than Easter, in these countires?

I already said the celebration of the Anastasis is named for the Jewish festival of Passover. Here's a list:

• English (UK/USA): Easter
• French (France): Pâques
• German (Germany): Ostern
• Spanish (Spain/Latin America): Pascua
• Italian (Italy): Pasqua
• Portuguese (Portugal/Brazil): Páscoa
• Dutch (Netherlands): Pasen
• Swedish (Sweden): Påsk
• Norwegian (Norway): Påske
• Danish (Denmark): Påske
• Finnish (Finland): Pääsiäinen
• Polish (Poland): Wielkanoc
• Czech (Czech Republic): Velikonoce
• Slovak (Slovakia): Veľká noc
• Hungarian (Hungary): Húsvét
• Greek (Greece): Πάσχα (Pascha)
• Russian (Russia): Пасха (Paskha)

• Arabic: عيد القيامة (Eid al-Qiyāmah) – "Feast of the Resurrection"
• Hebrew: פסחא (Peskha) for Christian Easter, distinct from Pesach (Passover)
• Turkish (Turkey): Paskalya
• Swahili (East Africa): Pasaka
• Afrikaans (South Africa): Paasfees
• Amharic (Ethiopia): Fasika (ፋሲካ)
  
  
• Tagalog (Philippines): Pasko ng Pagkabuhay – "Christmas of the Resurrection"
• Malay / Indonesian: Paskah
• Japanese: イースター (Īsutā)
• Korean: 부활절 (Buhwaljeol) – "Resurrection Festival"
• Chinese (Mandarin): 复活节 (Fùhuó Jié) – "Resurrection Festival"
• Hindi: ईस्टर (Īsṭar) – borrowed from English
  
  
• Pascua de Resurrección – "Easter of the Resurrection"
• Pascua Florida – used in old Spanish, literally "Flowery Feast," from which Florida (USA) is named

 

[LanaPodesta]

Really? Is the word "book" in the bible? If yes, then so is "bible". It's transliteration of the Greek word "biblos" (βίβλος).

Yes...I know the word for 'book' in Greek.

 

[Carry_Your_Name]

I already said the celebration of the Anastasis is named for the Jewish festival of Passover. Here's a list:

That's because it's lumped into the Passover week, which has nothing to do with the fertility goddess.

On the fourteenth day of the first month at twilight is the Lord’s Passover. And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the Lord; seven days you must eat unleavened bread. (Lev. 23:5-6)

When you come into the land which I give to you, and reap its harvest, then you shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest. He shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, to be accepted on your behalf; on the day after the Sabbath (first Sunday after Passover within the week of Unleavened Bread) the priest shall wave it. (Lev. 23:10-11)

 

[Carry_Your_Name]

Yes...I know the word for 'book' in Greek

Then "bible" is in the bible whenever the world "book" is mentioned.

 

[Hidden In Him]

Tertullian was a Montanist. Got any orthodox Church Fathers who embraced Judaizing?

I'm not advocating for "embracing Judaizing" and neither did Tertullian, so don't misrepresent my position.

You will accept Polycarp?

 

[LanaPodesta]

That's because it's lumped into the Passover week, which has nothing to do with the fertility goddess.

On the fourteenth day of the first month at twilight is the Lord’s Passover. And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the Lord; seven days you must eat unleavened bread. (Lev. 23:5-6)

When you come into the land which I give to you, and reap its harvest, then you shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest. He shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, to be accepted on your behalf; on the day after the Sabbath (first Sunday after Passover within the week of Unleavened Bread) the priest shall wave it. (Lev. 23:10-11)

that's nice bro...as I said, "Easter" is named for Passover in most parts of the world...not "Ishtar"

 

[LanaPodesta]

Then "bible" is in the bible whenever the world "book" is mentioned.

So according to you ANY book is The Bible? Okay.

 

[Carry_Your_Name]

that's nice bro...as I said, "Easter" is named for Passover in most parts of the world...not "Ishtar"

I'm not interested at playing your name game. The difference is not in the name, but the content - Passover week is about Jesus's death, burial and resurrection, Easter/Ishtar is about fertility worship.

 

[Carry_Your_Name]

So according to you ANY book is The Bible? Okay.

This is a strawman argument. According to you, the word "bible" is not in the bible, but it is in the original Greek, you were wrong.

 

[LanaPodesta]

This is a strawman argument. According to you, the word "bible" is not in the bible, but it is in the original Greek, you were wrong.

Not as a proper noun.

 

[Carry_Your_Name]

What about Easter is about "fertility worship"

Bunnies and eggs. As long as these are in the Easter tradition, Easter is pagan.

 

[Carry_Your_Name]

Not as a proper noun.

Why not?

 

[Walpole]

Bunnies and eggs. As long as these are in the Easter tradition, Easter is pagan.

Is this a joke?

That's like saying if you have a birthday cake, you are a pagan since birthday cakes originated with the ancient Greeks, who made moon-shaped cakes on one's birthday in honor of the god Artemis.

Here's the problem with those who adhere strictly to a set of basic principles or a literal interpretation of religious texts: they are not incarnational people. By virtue of the Incarnation, all of His creation is now the theater of His grace.

 

[Carry_Your_Name]

Is this a joke?

Well I sure wish this was, but the traditions stick.

 

[Walpole]

Well I sure wish this was, but the traditions stick.

Did you ever have a birthday cake for your children? If so, by your own logic, you are carrying on a pagan tradition. Birthday cakes. As long as these are in the birthday tradition, celebrating birthdays is pagan.

Your logic ---> "Bunnies and eggs. As long as these are in the Easter tradition, Easter is pagan."


Just want to see if you are at least consistent.

 

[Hidden In Him]

Tertullian was a Montanist. Got any orthodox Church Fathers who embraced Judaizing?

I'm not advocating for "embracing Judaizing" and neither did Tertullian, so don't misrepresent my position.

You will accept Polycarp?

I'm assuming that Polycarp is ok since you didn't give me an answer. Here is why I was asking: According to Eusebius, Polycarp argued for keeping the Jewish date for the Passover. Why would he do that if he were not wanting to maintain the Jewish feasts after a Christian manner?

“At this time, while Anicetus was at the head of the church of Rome, Irenaeus relates that Polycarp, who was still alive, was at Rome, and that he had a conference with Anicetus on a question concerning the day of the paschal feast…” (Eusebius, Church History, 4.14.1-7).

“And when the blessed Polycarp was at Rome in the time of Anicetus, and they disagreed a little about certain other things, they immediately made peace with one another, not caring to quarrel over the matter. For neither could Anicetus persuade Polycarp not to observe what he had always observed with John the disciple of our Lord, and the other apostles with whom he had associated; neither could Polycarp persuade Anicetus to observe it, as he said that he ought to follow the customs of the presbyters that had preceded him…” (ibid).

Here, let me add some other material while I am at it.

In the 190s, a disagreement occurred between Polycrates, the bishop of Ephesus, and Victor, the bishop of Rome. “A question of no small importance arose at that time. For the parishes of all Asia, as from an older tradition, held that the fourteenth day of the moon, on which day the Jews were commanded to sacrifice the lamb, should be observed as the feast of the Saviour’s passover” (ibid, 5.23.1).

Eusebius, a pro-Roman Church writer, admitted that Polycrates and the bishops in agreement with him followed an older practice than that of the bishops of Rome. And it certainly was not just a tradition, but truth rooted in Scripture and the example of Jesus and His early disciples.

Polycrates wrote a letter to Victor to defend his practice of Passover. It was preserved by Eusebius, and an excerpt is located below:

“But the bishops of Asia, led by Polycrates, decided to hold to the old custom handed down to them. He himself, in a letter which he addressed to Victor and the church of Rome, set forth in the following words the tradition which had come down to him: ‘We observe the exact day; neither adding, nor taking away. For in Asia also great lights have fallen asleep, which shall rise again on the day of the Lord’s coming, when he shall come with glory from heaven, and shall seek out all the saints. Among these are Philip, one of the twelve apostles…and, moreover, John, who was both a witness and a teacher, who reclined upon the bosom of the Lord…And Polycarp in Smyrna, who was a bishop and martyr…[others are mentioned]… Melito the Eunuch who lived altogether in the Holy Spirit, and who lies in Sardis, awaiting the episcopate from heaven… All these observed the fourteenth day of the passover according to the Gospel, deviating in no respect, but following the rule of faith. And I also, Polycrates, the least of you all, do according to the tradition of my relatives, some of whom I have closely followed. For seven of my relatives were bishops; and I am the eighth. And my relatives always observed the day when the people put away the leaven. I, therefore, brethren, who have lived sixty-five years in the Lord, and have met with the brethren throughout the world, and have gone through every Holy Scripture, am not affrighted by terrifying words. For those greater than I have said ‘We ought to obey God rather than man’ [Acts 5:29]…I could mention the bishops who were present, whom I summoned at your desire; whose names, should I write them, would constitute a great multitude. And they, beholding my littleness, gave their consent to the letter, knowing that I did not bear my gray hairs in vain, but had always governed my life by the Lord Jesus” (ibid, 5.24.1-8).

Polycrates cited that he and his relatives also celebrated the day of removing leaven (a reference to removing leaven before the feast of unleavened bread). Those that celebrated Passover on the 14th of Nisan had tremendous support – Polycrates said that ‘a great multitude’ supported him. Eusebius attested that all the churches of Asia still kept Passover in this manner.

The Bishop of Rome, Victor, would have none of this! He tried to excommunicate the Eastern churches. This move was an attempt to separate the two groups from each other.

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[Hidden In Him]

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