Yet, no early Christian (or even Catholic) called Passover “Easter.” Nearly all realized that Christians were supposed to observe Passover. And the truly faithful kept it on the 14th of Nisan, not the 15th and not on a Sunday that was not the 14th. In the second century, it was re...
Christian leaders that refused to switch from Passover on the 14th to a Sunday observance have been labeled Quartodecimans (Latin for fourteenth) by most historians—with the bulk of them apparently being in Asia Minor near the end of the second century. Since Roman Bishop Anicetus' account (...
Until the late nineteenth century, Anglophones also commonly used the namepaschto denote the Easter feast (as in the expression thepaschal lamb): from the “AramaicpisḥāPassover fesival, Passover sacrifice, Passover meal (emphatic form ofpasaḥ[meaning] to pass over; compare Syriacpeṣ...
Celebrate the meaning of Passover the way Israel has done for thousands of years. This Messianic Passover Haggadah (or "retelling") is a simplified version of the Passover Seder and covers the essential elements involved in the Passover meal. Adults and children alike will enjoy the ...
While Jews aren't as obsessed with eggs for the spring holidays as their Christian counterparts, Passover often coincides with Easter, so there's always a chance that eggs may go on sale. Eggs are also pareve, which means you can serve them whether your Passover meal contains meat or dair...
Most Christians think of the last supper as more of a symbolic communion eucharist than a full festal meal. Given this we often miss out on the full meaning of the Passover and the additional meaning Jesus gave to it. The gospel accounts of the last supper begin with the search for a...
Passover is historically related to the ChristianEasterand the Islamic Day of Ashura. Symbols Many aspects of Passover have a symbolic meaning. Cleaning the house to removechametz, using a candle, a feather, a wooden spoon, and a paper bag, symbolizes the removal of egotism and spiritual coar...
You are all the sense and meaning I need. I love You. Amen.” The Eighth Day Thursday—“Does the motive of a sin—its rationale, its reasons—make it any less a sin? Isn’t the betrayal of the sovereignty of the Lord in our lives always a sin, regardless of the factors that ...
The two classes into which critics are divided about the "day of our Lord's death," here take opposite views as to the meaning of the phrase, ἐν τῷ πάσχα. The one class press the fact that the Paschal meal must be over, and that this must have been the first day ...
“true meaning” of the target text is. The interpretive tradition, in other words, becomes more authoritative than the text itself in determining the target text’s meaning. This may not in and of itself be so surprising, but the subversive nature of this interpretive phenomenon is. While ...