Satan's Sabbaths: Easter
Satan's Sabbaths: Easter Introduction What should a true disciple of Jesus think when it comes to "Easter"? Like with Christmas, the majority opinion is that the holiday commemorates another significant historical event, Jesus' resurrection from the tomb. But where did the celebration come from, and what are the implications? Various Sources on the Celebration Dictionary of the Bible, Calmet, p. 363: “Easter is a word of Saxon origin; and imports a goddess of the Saxons, or rather, of the East, Estera, in honor of whom sacrifices being annually offered about the passover time of the year (spring), the name became attached by association of ideas to the Christian festival of the resurrection which happened at the time of passover; hence we say Easter-Day or Easter Sunday, but very improperly; as we by no means refer to the festival then kept to the goddess of the ancient Saxons.” The Encyclopædia Britannica (1959 Edition), Vol. 4, p. 381: “Like the Greeks