Summary: This week we are discussing Easter, specially looking at the question of whether or not Easter is pagan. We cover a range of issues on the subject and I hope it proves to be helpful in some shape or form! Contents: I. Introduction 0:00 - 6:19 II. Theological Presuppositions 6:20 - 8:27 III. Claims of the Negative Case 8:28 - 19:17 IV. Linguistics and Easter 19:18 - 23:51 V. The Positive Case 25:52 - 28:56 VI. The Controversy of Easter 28:56 - 32:30 VII. Odds and Ends 32:31 - 41:55 Song by Abby Houston: Lord We Need You, her Instagram handles: joyfully.abby and melodicallymemorizing Interested in learning the biblical languages in a rosetta stone like format? Check out biblingo.org! Don't forget to take advantage of the CITC discount, just use the discount code: CHRISTISTHECURE when signing up! Follow our new project on Instagram: @historia_ecclesiastica Also check out some virtual ancient world tours here:https://www.ancient-world.co?affid=V624P4Y9 Resources and further reading on today’s subject: https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/history-of-easter https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ecclesiastical-History-of-the-English-People Christian F. Cruse, translation notes of Eusebius of Caesarea, An Ecclesiastical History to the Twentieth Year of the Reign of Constantine, 4th ed. (London: Oxford Univ. Press, 1847), 221 https://answersingenesis.org/holidays/easter/is-the-name-easter-of-pagan-origin/ https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/250105.htm https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0015587X.1984.9716293?journalCode=rfol20
