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Happy pappally-dictated-arbitrary-reassigning-of-the-anniversary-of christ’s-"resurrection"-in-order-to-coincide-with-pagan-spring-holidays-in-order-to-lure-even-more-downtrodden-farmers-into-an-empty-"everybody’s equal"-theology-that-only-promoted-more-subservience, ignorance-of-the-injustices-of-the-world-and-man-seeking-completion-in-the-afterlife-rather-than-revolt-and-destroy-the-feudal-system-in-the-profane-world Marc!
Nice try, utsu, but the timing of Easter isn’t arbitrary (it’s the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox) and it’s connected to the timing of the Jewish Passover, when the crucifixion of Christ actually occurred.
So save that one for next Christmas, OK?
cstanley,
even the appropriation of pagan celebrations wasnt exactly a ploy–like people try to describe it–but a sincere part of christian spirituality and theology.
christians believed that truth was revealed in nature and in history and this was reflected in pagan worship and traditions; but believed they were compromised because they worshipped the material in nature directly, instead of finding universal spiritual truths in the material. That is, worshipping nature, instead of the God behind nature.
The word "pagan" meant to Christian priests, a kind of incomplete, chimeric spirituality; that became complete when reunited with Christian thought.
You’re a wealth of information, redfish. I sort of knew this too, but I’m not aware of how much historical evidence there is that the Church saw it in those theological terms rather than opportunistic ones.
Certainly makes sense in modern context, since we still believe that the natural world is part of revelation.
cstanley,
its basically what ‘pagan’ meant. if you read christian writing at the time its clear that they talk about paganism as meaning incomplete spirituality.
redfish, got links?