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Tag: Redeeming Holy Days from Pagan Lies

Redeeming Christian Holy Days: Brumalia in the Roman Republic

Brumalia–Pre-Julian Latin Sources: Chronological Presentation One of the modern claims against Christmas is that Christians took the ancient Roman holiday known as Brumalia…

Posted On 24 Dec 201524 Dec 2015

Redeeming Christian Holy Days: The Christians Stole December 25th

How does a Christian deal with claims like this? The tactic used in this meme is intimidation. There is no way most readers…

Posted On 2 Dec 20159 Jan 2016

Redeeming Holy Days from Pagan Lies — Easter, Eggs, and Nowruz

By now most Americans have probably heard of the Iranian/Persian New Year festival called Nowruz, or No Ruz. One of the more recent…

Posted On 30 Mar 201527 Mar 2015

Redeeming Holy Days-Candlemas/Presentation

Candlemas is February 2nd, forty days after the birth of Christ it is the Festival of the Purification of Mary. The Gospel Lesson…

Posted On 19 Jan 201513 Jan 2015

Christ Myth Theory: Horus? Born of a Virgin? Not!

One of the many points falsely claimed in Christ Myth Theory about the supposed dependence of Christ upon the legends of Egypt is…

Posted On 23 Dec 201414 Feb 2015

Redeeming Holy Days from Pagan Lies: Christmas and Saturnalia

Did Christianity Steal the Date of Pagan Winter Solstice Celebrations? The Roman celebration discussed in this article is the multi-day festival of Saturnalia….

Posted On 22 Dec 201414 Feb 2015

Redeeming Holy Days from Pagan Lies: Christmas and Sigillaria

Do the Nativity sets Christians use actually have their origins in the pagan Roman festival called Sigillaria? Sigillaria Macrobius in Saturnalia 1.11.46-50 discusses…

Posted On 21 Dec 201419 Dec 2014

Redeeming Holy Days from Pagan Lies: Christmas and Juvenalia

Did Christianity Steal the Date of Pagan Winter Solstice Celebrations? Juvenalia is one of those Roman festivals that is claimed as a winter…

Posted On 20 Dec 201419 Dec 2014

Christ Myth Theory [Jesus is a copy-cat]

This particular claim toward pagan sources for Christianity and Christian Holy Days goes under various names: Jesus Myth Theory, Jesus Mythicism, Mythicism, Copy-cat…

Posted On 16 Dec 201414 Feb 2015

Redeeming Holy Days from Pagan Lies: All Hallows’ Eve in the Mediaeval Church and the Reformation

On All Hallows’ Eve 1517 a monk named Martin Luther posted a list of points for discussion and debate at the University of…

Posted On 31 Oct 201414 Feb 2015

Redeeming Holy Days from Pagan Lies: All Saints’ Day/Eve and Samhain

All Saints’ Eve, All Saints’ Day: Origins and Samhain-ization Today it seems that everyone knows that Halloween is originally a Celtic pagan holy…

Posted On 30 Oct 201414 Feb 2015

Redeeming Christian Holy Days from Pagan Lies: Nativity of St. John (Part 3)

This is the third article on the Nativity of St. John. This article will deal with the Neo-Pagan practice of claiming Celtic origins,…

Posted On 19 Jun 201416 Jun 2014

Redeeming Christian Holy Days from Pagan Lies: Nativity of St. John (Part 2)

 The Claims about Pagan Origins for St. John’s Nativity This is the second of three articles on the Nativity of St. John and…

Posted On 18 Jun 201416 Jun 2014

Redeeming Christian Holy Days from Pagan Lies: Nativity of St. John (Part 1)

This is the first part of three on the Nativity of St. John the Baptist/Midsummer Day June 24th is celebrated as St. John’s…

Posted On 17 Jun 201416 Jun 2014

Redeeming Christian Holy Days: St. Walpurga and Beltane

The evening of April 30th through May 1st is a significant date in the modern neo-Pagan and Wiccan calendar. It is called: Beltane,…

Posted On 1 May 2014

Redeeming Christian Holy Days: Another Bunny Attacks

A brief note on the misuse of Bodleian Library Manuscript Bodl. 264 Folio 21 This image is now being used to demonstrate pagan origins…

Posted On 17 Apr 201416 Apr 2014

Redeeming Holy Days from Pagan Lies-Easter 2

This is a reposting of a pair of articles published last year on the origins of Easter and some Easter traditions. The sources…

Posted On 14 Apr 201414 Feb 2015

Redeeming Holy Days from Pagan Lies-Easter 1

This is a reposting of a pair of articles published last year on the origins of Easter and some Easter traditions. The sources…

Posted On 10 Apr 201416 Jun 2015

Redeeming Holy Days from Pagan Lies — Ash Wednesday and Lent

Image via Wikipedia Falat Julian Ash Wednesday, watercolor, 78 x 113 cm (detail) So, what are the supposed pagan origins of Ash Wednesday…

Posted On 4 Mar 20143 Mar 2014

Redeeming Holy Days from Pagan Lies — Ash Wednesday and Lent

Image via Wikipedia Falat Julian Ash Wednesday, watercolor, 78 x 113 cm (detail) So, what are the supposed pagan origins of Ash Wednesday…

Posted On 4 Feb 20143 Mar 2014

Redeeming Holy Days-Candlemas/Presentation

Candlemas is February 2nd, forty days after the birth of Christ it is the Festival of the Purification of Mary. The Gospel Lesson…

Posted On 31 Jan 201431 Jan 2014

Redeeming Holy Days from Pagan Lies — Christmas and Sol Invictus

We are reposting this from Dec 4, 2012:   Did Christianity Steal the Date of Sol Invictus? The claim is that Sol Invictus…

Posted On 19 Dec 201319 Dec 2014

Redeeming Holy Days from Pagan Lies — Christmas

We are reposting this from Dec 3rd, 2012:   Of the major Christian Holy Days, Christmas, Easter and Pentecost are the high points…

Posted On 18 Dec 201319 Dec 2014

Redeeming Christian Holy Days: Halloween Resources pt. 1

Resources on the History of Halloween Part 1. Origins of All Saint’s Day and the Origins of Samhain This article is an effort…

Posted On 31 Oct 201315 Nov 2013

Redeeming Holy Days from Pagan Lies — Hallowe’en: A short history

Responding to some of the comments that came in when we last published this post in Oct of 2012, we are attempting to…

Posted On 25 Oct 201315 Nov 2013

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