Black Spirituality Religion : THE ORIGIN OF EASTER...

Easter, the greatest feast day in all Christendom, is determined astronomically by the longitude of the Sun and Moon in the Heavens, therefore it is not truly the anniversary of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. In 325 AD, the bishops of the Nicene Council of Rome decided to use the science of astronomy in order to establish uniformity in determining what day Easter would fall on. It was established that Easter would always be on the first Sunday after the first Full Moon after the Vernal Equinox.

Today (4/20/'03) is the first Sunday after the first Full Moon (4/16/'03) after the Vernal Equinox (3/21/'03).
 
So true!

Amun-Ra said:
You are certainly correct in the origins of Easter. Astrology and Sun worship were tied to many of what are now considered Christian holidays including Christmas--which was a pagan holiday marking the solstice--Amun-Ra

:)

I would also like to add the origins didn't stop with egyptian "pagan" practices but also extends to the british isles(some of my ancestory) when witches roamed the earth freely! A lot of the christian holidays and adaptations were also linked to european paganism.

Peace and love

Shadow
 
These date connections and shared practices were deemed necessary for Christians during the time of persecution. The early Christians could not celebrate their holy days openly so they camouflaged them by celebrating them close to or on the holidays of the pagan communities. They took pagan symbols such as the Ichthus and used them as code symbols and passwords for the underground Christian community to communicate without raising suspicion.

As is the way with traditions the original purpose fades into the past but the ritual continues. Christians know that the Christmas story has some discrepancies in its logic. We know that shepherds don't graze their sheep in the snow although the song says they were out there on a cold winter's night that was so deep. We know it's not possible to squeeze three days and three nights between friday night and Sunday morning. The important thing is the memory, the acknowledgement, the appreciation of what God did for us through Jesus Christ. To squabble over the accuracy of the dates is to forget what the day truly means. The sun rises every day. How silly it would be to look for a day that is not connected to the sun. Okay, let's make Easter the first rainy day after we file our income taxes.
 

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