What the Early Christians Believed about Easter. Was Easter Pagan? David Bercot
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- Опубликовано: 24 июл 2024
- In this captivating episode of the historic faith, David Bercot dives into the intriguing origins and traditions of Easter, debunking myths and unveiling the celebration's deep-rooted history that dates back to the apostles themselves. With a blend of historical evidence and scholarly insight, Bercot masterfully clarifies the Christian significance of Easter, separating fact from fiction regarding its name, the calculation of its date, and the mysterious origins of Easter eggs and bunnies. This episode promises to enlighten and excite, offering listeners a rare glimpse into the true essence of one of Christianity's most sacred observances.
Questions Answered
1. "I've always heard that Easter is a pagan holiday. Is that true?"
2. "So if the early Christians called it by the name Posca, where does the name Easter come from?"
3. "Where does the name Easter come from? I've heard that it is derived from the Greek goddess Astarte."
4. "Is it wrong for us to call it 'Easter' or should we call it 'Posca'?"
5. "How is the date for Easter calculated? Every year it falls on a different date."
6. "Where did Lent come from?"
7. "What about Easter eggs and Easter bunnies?"
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I have great respect for Brother David Bercot, I've read some of his books and heard him speak but if I could respectfully say on this topic on Easter I was rather very disappointed in his way of primarily going back to the early church after the scriptures and not rather dating it back to the abominable sins of the Babylonians, since I can't explain it in detail to what brother Ben Kena does in the posted video I would encourage you to take the time and listen to it. He is a brother that grew up in the Roman Catholic church.
That explains it. 💯
"Easter" is NOT "Passover"... this year makes that abundantly clear (Easter is this weekend; Passover is next month). grace and peace
Correct, Easter is Firstfruits!
@@Thoreseus_ Yes, and that is next month--not tied to the RC establishment of "Easter"
@suzanholland The modern Jewish calendar is not the same as the Mosaic calendar. It is based on the Babylonian metonic cycle. The Easter computus is an effort to observe the signs of the sun and the moon to get a more accurate timing of the 1st month.
@@Thoreseus_ Although the Jews have adopted a "fixed" calendar and the dates for the head of the month, for example, are no longer based on the sighting of the moon, but on their "calculations" (as well as when to add an additional "12th month"), the Biblical Calendar (God's Calendar) still stands, and the head of the Year is still on the first day of Aviv. So, my point is that "resurrection day" (First Fruits) is NOT tied to the Catholic establishment of "Easter" (which had NOTHING to do with trying to get a more accurate timing of the first month), but rather, still tied to Passover. grace and peace
@suzanholland But that was part of the justification for early Christians to not observe Pascha during the Jewish Passover. They knew that the calendar had been corrupted, so they sought to bring it into better alignment with the natural order of the sun and moon rather than the moon or sun only.
Great explanation as usual! God bless you.
Ēostre (Proto-Germanic: *Austrō(n)) is a West Germanic spring goddess. The name is reflected in Old English: *Ēastre ([ˈæːɑstre]; Northumbrian dialect: Ēastro, Mercian and West Saxon dialects: Ēostre [ˈeːostre]),[1][2][3] Old High German: *Ôstara, and Old Saxon: *Āsteron.[4][5] By way of the Germanic month bearing her name (Northumbrian: Ēosturmōnaþ, West Saxon: Ēastermōnaþ; Old High German: Ôstarmânoth), she is the namesake of the festival of Easter in some languages. The Old English deity Ēostre is attested solely by Bede in his 8th-century work The Reckoning of Time, where Bede states that during Ēosturmōnaþ (the equivalent of April), pagan Anglo-Saxons had held feasts in Ēostre's honour, but that this tradition had died out by his time, replaced by the Christian Paschal month, a celebration of the resurrection of Jesus.[citation needed]
By way of linguistic reconstruction, the matter of a goddess called *Austrō(n) in the Proto-Germanic language has been examined in detail since the foundation of Germanic philology in the 19th century by scholar Jacob Grimm and others.[citation needed] As the Germanic languages descend from Proto-Indo-European (PIE), historical linguists[who?] have traced the name to a Proto-Indo-European goddess of the dawn *H₂ewsṓs, from which may descend the Common Germanic divinity at the origin of the Old English Ēostre and the Old High German Ôstara.[citation needed]
Theories connecting Ēostre with records of Germanic Easter customs, including hares and eggs, have been proposed.[by whom?] Whether the goddess was an invention of Bede has been a debate among some scholars,[who?] particularly prior to the discovery of the matronae Austriahenae and further developments[which?] in Indo-European studies.[citation needed] Due to these latter developments, she is generally accepted as a genuine pagan goddess among modern scholars.[which?] Ēostre and Ostara are sometimes referenced in modern popular culture and are venerated in some forms of Germanic neopaganism.[example needed]
David Bercot should read "The Two Babylons" by Alexander Hislop. He would find that someone has sorted this out and that he is the one in error.
@@TheOrthodoxLandmarker-jy2zsyes I was thinking of that book as he was talking…
@@TheOrthodoxLandmarker-jy2zs 🤔 but look at the music sheet they say LUCIFER
@@annapaulineogrady9184 I'm not sure what that means.....
@@TheOrthodoxLandmarker-jy2zs I have music sheet in Latin it says LUCIFER on it. That's a counterfeit bright and morning star. See my community post.
Can you do one on Christmas or December 25th?
Our hearts are the first products of the New Creation. God gives us a new heart and new spirit.
So, what they practiced is what we today call intermittent fasting - a very healthy practice
Lucifer is not Jesus though 🤔
Pascha is the same as Easter??? But the Passover is the day when the lamb was sacrificed, when Jesus died. Not the day of the resurrection. Easter is supposed to be the resurrection. Surely the Passover of Jesus also should be observed. As revealed in the OT. But we are talking about the resurrection (easter) , not Passover. What are you saying sir?
Christians have traditionally called the celebration of Christ's resurrection Pascha. I know, it's a bit surprising to us today, since we tend to place more importance on Jesus' death than on his resurrection. But that's now how Scripture does. The point of Passover was the salvation of God's people, and Jesus gives us life through his resurrection. -Lynn
@@SoundFaithChannel "Christians have traditionally called the celebration of Christ's resurrection Pascha"?? What?? Could you please give me some quotes from the early church that indicates this? Because this is not possible. The death and resurrection and 2 different defining events. The Pascha perfectly corresponds with the death of Jesus, and does NOT in any way correspond with the resurrection. Which is why it is impossible for the early church (or anyone with common sense) to call the resurrection the Pascha. But I will give you the benefit of doubt and wait for your quotes from the early church. Thks.
@@SoundFaithChannel Any quote from the early church fathers wanting the Pascha to be on Sunday should be enough to convince me.
@mediatrix1111 Okay, I'll have to do a bit more research. I could be wrong; the term Pascha may not have been used for Resurrection Day early on. But let me see what I find.
As for the other points I made, I had thought you were suggesting that we still need to be keeping the Jewish Passover feast, but I see that's not what you said. -Lynn
@@SoundFaithChannel Thks Lynn. Appreciate your time. I am also studying the early fathers and have never come across such a connection which is why I cant believe it unless I see it. Will wait for your quotes.
I believe Mr Bercot is wrong about this.
Indeed, in French it is Pâques.
Easter = Eastern Star = Day Star = Jesus Davidic Kingship, the bright and morning Star (Revelation 22:16). I love it, Christ is King 👑
The Resurrection is the dawn of a new Creation. Jesus Christ is the first born from among the dead. The first New Man of the New Heavens and New Earth.
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