Thursday, March 28, 2013

Easter, are you ignoring God's correction????

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Word Origin & History

Easter 
O.E. Eastre (Northumbrian Eostre), from P.Gmc. *Austron, a goddess of fertility and sunrise whose feast was celebrated at the springequinox, from *austra-, from PIE *aus- "to shine" (especially of thedawn). Bede says Anglo-Saxon Christians adopted her name andmany of the celebratory practices for their Mass of Christ's resurrection. Ultimately related to eastAlmostall neighboring languages use a variant of Latin Pasche to name thisholiday.

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