Puritanhead
Puritan Board Professor
Easter or \"Resurrection Sunday?\"
What does your church refer to the holiday in honor of Christ's passion and resurrection as? (assuming of course that they observe it)
Does your church refer to holiday celebrating Christ's atoning, death, and resurrection as Easter or "Resurrection Sunday?"
Etymologically Easter is essentially a pagan word attributable to a ancient pagan deity originating in the Middle East. Easter takes its name from Ishtar, the Babylonian and Assyrian goddess of fertility. The maritime Phoenicians and the Romans helped spread Easter through Europe. The goddess known as Ishtar became Ostara, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring and fertility. Should we include "Easter" in our lexicon and worship services? I've heard hymns with "Easter" in them even...
Do you think observing the holiday under the name "Easter" is wrong?
[Edited on 3-20-2005 by Puritanhead]
What does your church refer to the holiday in honor of Christ's passion and resurrection as? (assuming of course that they observe it)
Does your church refer to holiday celebrating Christ's atoning, death, and resurrection as Easter or "Resurrection Sunday?"
Etymologically Easter is essentially a pagan word attributable to a ancient pagan deity originating in the Middle East. Easter takes its name from Ishtar, the Babylonian and Assyrian goddess of fertility. The maritime Phoenicians and the Romans helped spread Easter through Europe. The goddess known as Ishtar became Ostara, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring and fertility. Should we include "Easter" in our lexicon and worship services? I've heard hymns with "Easter" in them even...
Do you think observing the holiday under the name "Easter" is wrong?
[Edited on 3-20-2005 by Puritanhead]