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Easter, a Pagan Christian festival, embodies many pre Christian traditions. The 8th-century English scholar St. Bede, Claimed it came from Eastre, ( Also known as Ishtar) the Anglo Saxon name for a Teutonic goddess of spring and fertility. traditions associated with the festival survive in the Easter rabbit, a symbol of fertility, and in the colored easter eggs, originally painted with bright colors to represent the sunlight of spring, also given as gifts. Such festivals and the stories help explain their origin. The early Christians, of whom were of Jewish origin, were brought up in the Hebrew tradition. According to the New Testament, Christ was crucified on Friday the 13th , just before the eve of Passover began, and three days afterward rose from the dead. In time, a serious difference over the date of the Easter festival arose among Christians. The Christians of Jewish origin celebrated the resurrection immediately following the Passover festival on Monday, the first day of the week after the two Sabbaths. Christians of Pagan origin, however, wished to commemorate the resurrection on the first day of the week, Sunday.
The Council of Nicaea Ruling on the Date of Easter
The Roman emperor, Constantine the Great, convoked the Council of Nicaea in 325. The council unanimously ruled that the Easter festival should be celebrated throughout the Christian world on the first Sunday after the full moon following the vernal equinox; and that if the full moon should occur on a Sunday and thereby coincide with the Passover festival, Easter should be commemorated on the Sunday following. In that way the feasts of Easter and Passover coinciding was avoided.
The Council of Nicaea Ruling on the Date of Easter
The Roman emperor, Constantine the Great, convoked the Council of Nicaea in 325. The council unanimously ruled that the Easter festival should be celebrated throughout the Christian world on the first Sunday after the full moon following the vernal equinox; and that if the full moon should occur on a Sunday and thereby coincide with the Passover festival, Easter should be commemorated on the Sunday following. In that way the feasts of Easter and Passover coinciding was avoided.
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