Lectionary Calendar
Friday, February 7th, 2025
the Fourth Week after Epiphany
the Fourth Week after Epiphany
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Easter
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the day on which the Christian church commemorates our Saviour's resurrection. Easter is a word of Saxon origin, and imports a goddess of the east. This goddess was Astarte, in honour of whom sacrifices were annually offered about the passover time of the year, the spring; and hence the Saxon name "aeaster" became attached by association of ideas to the Christian festival of the resurrection.
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Watson, Richard. Entry for 'Easter'. Richard Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/wtd/e/easter.html. 1831-2.
Watson, Richard. Entry for 'Easter'. Richard Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/wtd/e/easter.html. 1831-2.
