Question by Oyster: Christians , Is it true & accurate about Lent ?
If not then tell truth , no links plz but your words !
My Q is regarding the para below.
Lent isn’t Christian, it’s Catholic.
Easter isn’t technically Christian. It’s an adopted pagan festival of spring and fertility. That’s why there are eggs and marsh mellow peeps! Easter as you probably know it is a capitalistic thing, just like Santa Claus at Christmas.
Christians celebrate the death (Good Friday) and Resurrection of Christ.
Fasting is a purity rite. Not all Christians fast. Lent represents 40 days Jesus spent in the desert rejecting Satan. Most Catholics just give up some vice instead of fasting.
The para i put here is by a christian user here , not by me so i m not offending people but trying to know it !
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Answer by Iranian Princess
Ramadan is a pagan custom too. moon, kaaba, stone throwing if its not pagan whats it/
lol
Give your answer to this question below!
lent is a time where we reflict on wat Jesus did for us, as a result we try to remove a flaw or a problem we are having in our daly life
easter is when Jesus Christ rose from the dead, conquering our sins, so that any one that believes in him may have Eternal life.
the egg is a symbol of new life
Most religious holidays are purely worldly or commercial. Organized religion is an organized commercial enter-prize.
Catholics are Christian, (because they are the first organized Christ following religion). The remaining are Protestants. You really don’t know anything about it. you are offensive, but that’s ok, no one is waiting for your approval.
by the way you better behave or the Easter Bunny won’t come to your house! just in case you didn’t know…the easter bunny lays the eggs.
yes lent is done by the catholics not other groups of christianity
No easter was not from the pagans
We celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus we do not use the eggs and easter bunny.
The rest of the world that is not christian does that
Some true some not.
Lent is Christian, yet mostly only Catholics keep it. Lent has been practiced for centuries and started way back when all Christians were Catholics. So, it’s Catholic in the sense that the only Christian Church of that time started it.
No, Easter is technically Christian. Pagans may have had a spring festival but this does not mean that Christians cannot have a celebration in the spring. Pagans do not own the springtime or the calendar. The secular influence on Easter, just as on Christmas, adds a pagan element to those celebrations for non-believers, but this does not take away the significance of the time for true followers of Christ. The preparation for and celebration of the Resurrection overshadows any previous pagan claim to the spring celebration.
No, fasting is not a purity rite. It is something Jesus speaks of in the Bible and did himself. We are expected to fast, as Christians, and this is to deny bodies in order to feed our souls. It is a process in which we enrich our spiritual awareness and our prayer life. In Matthew 6:16-18 Jesus says “when you fast” not “if you fast” so it is expected that all Christians will.
Yes, some Catholics give up vices, and this can still be okay if it is a sacrifice. Giving up smoking, although a vice, is still a sacrifice (as any smoker will attest) and every time that person wants a cigarette they will remember the sacrifice and suffering of Christ. That is the purpose of the sacrifices we make a Lent.
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Lent is completely Christ-centered.
The Catholic Church and many other Christians Churches follow the Biblical practice of Jesus Christ and the Jews in setting aside days where the entire Church fasts and prays as one in a attitude of constant renewal.
By the solemn forty days of Lent the Church unites herself each year to the mystery of Jesus in the desert and in spiritual preparation for the celebration of His Passion, Death, and Resurrection.
This season of penance is an intense moment of the Church’s penitential practice and are particularly appropriate for spiritual exercises, penitential liturgies, pilgrimages as signs of penance, voluntary self-denial such as fasting and almsgiving, and charitable and missionary works.
The Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches also observe the season of Lent. Many modern Protestant Churches consider the observation of Lent to be a choice, rather than an obligation.
For more information, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, section 1438:
http://www.nccbuscc.org/catechism/text/pt2sect2chpt2.shtml#1438
For Lenten resources, see:
• http://www.usccb.org/lent/
• http://americancatholic.org/Features/Lent/default.asp
• http://americancatholic.org/Newsletters/CU/ac0205.asp
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The celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ has nothing to do with Paganism.
This greatest of Christian holy days has been celebrated for almost 2,000 years and is directly related to the Jewish feast of Passover celebrated for about 1,500 years before Christ. Neither of which is related to or based on Paganism.
The popular observance of Easter has incorporated a couple of pagan symbols of fertility in rabbits and eggs but they have nothing to do with the actual celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
If some Christians want to do away with Easter bunnies and Easter eggs then I have no problem with that but do not throw Jesus Christ out with them.
With love in Christ.
The question specified Lent, but the details provided have broadened the scope of the question.
Certain observances have been taken out of context and exploited, but the sinful nature of man has more to do with that than any economic system. “Capitalism messed Christmas up.” No, it did not. That holiday has been affected by the deceitfulness of sin. Based on what can be seen in society, it is clear that not all men esteem God in the observances held to honor Him.
We who honor God through tradition, hold observances to express gratitude for the love that He continues to affect us with. “From the fullness of his grace we have all received one blessing after another.”(John 1:16) He blesses us every single day, and so we should thank Him every day – not just during the Thanksgiving holiday. Every prayer should begin with thanksgiving and praise.
In 1 Corinthians 11:25, Jesus said, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.” We are commanded to remember, so communion serves as a reminder.
Fathers are commanded to raise their children “in the training and instruction of the Lord”(Ephesians 6:4), not in the exploits of a legendary gift-giver named ‘Santa’. Dad, tell them the truth, “Children, the gifts are coming from me – I love you.” Be truthful to them – parents are held responsible for that.
The Catholic custom of Lent has been in a state of change through the centuries. For example, as you mentioned, some do not fast. Some fast for one day; some for several. There are even those who have put themselves on starvation diets for 40 days. Easter also has a variety of practices.
The perfect consistency of Christ contrasts with the inconsistency of the practices of Lent and Easter through the centuries. What is important is that the blood of Christ was “poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins”(Matthew 26:28), and that “God has given us eternal life” through his Son for all who believe.(1 John 5:11)
A religious festival is a time of special importance marked by adherents to that religion. Religious festivals are commonly celebrated on recurring cycles in a calendar year or lunar calendar. This means that, because ancient calendars were not very accurate, the exact date of the festival changes each year.
Pretty much everything in that paragraph is crap.
EASTER – The day commemorating Christ’s Resurrection from the dead. It is the greatest of all Christian festivals, having the central place in the liturgical year. It is the Christian feast linked with the Jewish Pasch. The exultant Alleluia is constantly repeated in the Mass and Divine Office, the Vidi Aquam replaces the Asperges, and the Regina Coeli the Angelus. The Easter season continues from Easter Sunday to Trinity Sunday inclusive. (Etym. Anglo-Saxon Eastre, Teutonic goddess of dawn and spring.)
FASTING – A form of penance that imposes limits on the kind or quantity of food or drink. From the first century Christians have observed fasting days of precept, notably during the season of Lent in commemoration of Christ’s passion and death. In the early Church there was less formal precept and therefore greater variety of custom, but in general fasting was much more severe than in the modern Church. In the East and West the faithful abstained on fasting days from wine as well as from flesh-meat, both being permitted only in cases of weak health. The ancient custom in the Latin Church of celebrating Mass in the evening during Lent was partly due to the fact that in many places the first meal was not taken before sunset.
The modern Church regulations on fasting, until 1966, prescribed taking only one full meal a day, along with some food for breakfast and a collation. Days of fast and abstinence for the universal Church were Ash Wednesday, the Fridays and Saturdays of Lent, Ember days, and the vigils of certain feasts. Days of fast only were the rest of the days of Lent, except Sundays. Special indults affected different nations and were provided for by canon law.
With the constitution Paenitemini of Paul VI in 1966, the meaning of the law of fasting remained, but the extent of the obligation was changed. Thus “the law of fasting allows only one full meal a day, but does not prohibit taking some food in the morning and evening, while observing approved local custom as far as quantity and quality of food are concerned.” To the law of fast are bound those of the faithful who have completed their twenty-first year and up until the beginning of their sixtieth year. Prescribed bays of fast and abstinence for the whole Church are Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. Nevertheless, as with abstinence, so with fasting or other forms of penance, “It is up to the bishops, gathered in their episcopal conferences, to establish the norms . . . which they consider the most opportune and efficacious” (Paenitemini, III). In the Eastern rites it is the right of the patriarch, together with the synod or supreme authority of every rite, to determine the days of fast and abstinence in accordance with the decree of the Second Vatican Council for Eastern Churches.