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@Eloy Craft asked if I could provide one example of a tradition from men in past history of the Church. Here is one...
Acts 12:4
4 And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.
KJV
That word "Easter" in red is not the actual word in the Greek New Testament texts. It is the Greek word 'pascha' (NT:3957). Look it up if you don't believe me. In the majority of New Testament translations, it is translated either to "passover", or to "feast of unleavened bread".
So HOW did that word Easter creep into the KJV Bible?
It originally came from the old pagan ritual of Eostre worship, a spring festival the pagans did involving sexual fertility. As many pagans converted to Christ, the early Church allowed them to keep usage of the name, but not the pagan rites.
The actual timing of Christ's crucifixion was according to the passover requirement of the evening sacrifice. That is why Apostle Paul also said in 1 Corinthians 5:7, "For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:".
Another tradition of men got started also with the wrong timing of Christ's crucifixion, i.e., the idea that Jesus was crucified on a Friday, which is an idea that goes against Apostle Paul calling Jesus our Passover Lamb sacrificed for us.
Acts 12:4
4 And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.
KJV
That word "Easter" in red is not the actual word in the Greek New Testament texts. It is the Greek word 'pascha' (NT:3957). Look it up if you don't believe me. In the majority of New Testament translations, it is translated either to "passover", or to "feast of unleavened bread".
So HOW did that word Easter creep into the KJV Bible?
It originally came from the old pagan ritual of Eostre worship, a spring festival the pagans did involving sexual fertility. As many pagans converted to Christ, the early Church allowed them to keep usage of the name, but not the pagan rites.
The actual timing of Christ's crucifixion was according to the passover requirement of the evening sacrifice. That is why Apostle Paul also said in 1 Corinthians 5:7, "For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:".
Another tradition of men got started also with the wrong timing of Christ's crucifixion, i.e., the idea that Jesus was crucified on a Friday, which is an idea that goes against Apostle Paul calling Jesus our Passover Lamb sacrificed for us.