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To: Buggman
How do you, within a Biblical context, explain not only Easter eggs and rabbits, but mistletoe, Yule logs and Christmas Trees?

Can you please show where those are part of the Catholic faith, as referenced in the Catechism of the Catholic Church?

In any case, don't eggs symbolize the cycle of life and the hope for a future?

158 posted on 04/03/2007 4:30:03 PM PDT by Titanites
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To: Titanites
Can you please show where those are part of the Catholic faith, as referenced in the Catechism of the Catholic Church?

The Catechism is silent on the subject, and irrelevant to the conversation. The question on the table is why the date of Pesach was changed, and whether the decision on the dating had pagan overtones--possibly because of an attempt to co-opt the pagan culture by the Ekklesia. We would not expect the Catechism, which deals with current Catholic theology, not the historical debates, to speak on this subject, so one wonders why you're referencing it.

189 posted on 04/04/2007 10:13:37 AM PDT by Buggman (http://brit-chadasha.blogspot.com)
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