Origin of Easter
By Chinwe Yeshua
Easter, Latin Pascha, Greek Pascha, Principal Celebration of THE YEHUDA HAMASCHIAC – Judeo Christian CHURCH- Global Ministry which seeks to celebrates Resurrection of YHWH YESHUA HAMASCHIAC ON THE THIRD DAY after HIS Crucifixion. The earliest recorded observance of an Easter celebration comes from the 2nd century, though the commemoration of YHWH’S RESURRECTION actually occurred THE DAY HE, YHWH HAMASCHIAC RESURRECTED.
The English word “Easter,” which parallels the German word Ostern, is of uncertain origin. One view, expounded by the Venerable Bede in the 8th century, was that it derived from Eostre, or Eostrae, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring and fertility. Given the determination with which Christians combated all forms of paganism (the belief in multiple deities), this appears a rather dubious presumption. There is now widespread consensus that the word derives from the Christian designation of Easter week as in albis, a Latin phrase that was understood as the plural of alba (“dawn”) and became eostarum in Old High German, the precursor of the modern German and English term. The Latin and Greek Pascha (“Passover”) provides the root for Pâques, the French word for Easter.
The Date of Easter and its Controversies.
Fixing the date on which the RESURRECTION OF Our YHWH YESHUA HAMASCHIAC Was to be observed and celebrated triggered a major controversy in early YEHUDA HAMASCHIAC -Judeo- Christianity movement in which an Eastern and a Western position can be distinguished. The dispute, known as the Paschal controversies, was not definitively resolved until the 8th century. In Asia Minor, The YEHUDA HAMASCHIAC observed The Day of the Crucifixion on the same Day That The YEHUDA-Jews celebrated The PESACH- PASSOVER offering—that is, on the 14th day of the first full moon of spring, 14 Nisan (see Jewish calendar). The RESURRECTION, then, was observed two days later, on 16 Nisan, regardless of the day of the week. In the West the RESURRECTION of YHWH YEHSUA HAMASCHIAC was celebrated on the first day of the week, Sunday, when YHWH YESHUA ROSE from The Dead. Consequently, Easter was always celebrated on the first Sunday after the 14th day of the month of Nisan. Increasingly, The Church opted for the Sunday celebration, and the Quartodecimans (“14th day” proponents) remained a minority. The Council of Nicaea in 325 decreed that Easter should be observed on the first Sunday following the first full moon after the spring equinox (March 21). Easter, therefore, can fall on any Sunday between March 22 and April 25.
Eastern Orthodox Ministries use a slightly different calculation based on the Julian rather than the Gregorian calendar (which is 13 days ahead of the former), with the result that the Orthodox Easter celebration usually occurs later than that celebrated by Protestants and Roman Catholics. Moreover, the Orthodox tradition prohibits Easter from being celebrated before or at the same time as Passover.
In the 20th century several attempts were made to arrive at a fixed date for Easter, with the Sunday following the second Saturday in April specifically proposed. While this proposal and others had many supporters, none came to fruition. Renewed interest in a fixed date arose in the early 21st century, resulting from discussions involving the leaders of Eastern Orthodox, Syriac Orthodox, Coptic, Anglican, and Roman Catholic Church, but formal agreement on such a date remained elusive.
The Yehuda- Jewish Pesach-Passover And THE RESURRECTION Celebration