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To: sourcery

Cite any scripture that says to not celebrate it. Again, the Church was celebrating Liturgy before defining a NT Canon in the 4th century. St. Irenaeus writing around 180 AD clearly notes that the celebration of Pascha (Easter) was so well in place in the Church (which was the Mediterranean world) primarily at that time that no one debated the celebration of it, what was debated was on what day to celebrate it as their were differences in calendars used to determine when to celebrate it (Rome had its way, Dioceses in the East had theirs), and on how long to keep the fast before “Easter” was it, 40 hours, 40 days, etc (i.e. the Pre-Pascha (easter) season, which is what we call Lent today).

See paragraph 3 of the link which provides the writings of

http://newadvent.org/fathers/0134.htm


54 posted on 04/16/2017 3:52:23 PM PDT by CTrent1564
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To: CTrent1564
Cite any scripture that says to not celebrate it.

How many would you like to see?

Colossians 2:8
Deuteronomy 12:29-32
Jeremiah 10:1-5
Galatians 4:8-11
Isaiah 66:1-24

But the real issue isn't what you choose to celebrate. It's about judging others for not doing so, and/or defining a Holiday as Christian or making observance of the holiday a litmus test for Christianity.

59 posted on 04/16/2017 4:30:32 PM PDT by sourcery (Non Acquiescit: "I do not consent" (Latin))
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To: CTrent1564

“Cite any scripture that says to not celebrate it.”
Colossians 2:8
Deuteronomy 12:29-32
Matthew 15:3
few others ...

But then the issue is not framed in the negative now is it?


60 posted on 04/16/2017 4:47:09 PM PDT by Mechanicos
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