Why did christianity steal the pagan festival of eostre and try and replace it with easter?
A little background information for you. I’ve heard your arguments that the holiday is of pagan origin when there is evidence to the contary. It is true that the “English” name (note the qualifying word) for the day in which the Church celebrates Christ’s rising from the dead (aka Easter) is a loan word from Germanic holidays. The Christian holiday (Pascha) itself was in practise before Christianity spread to the Germanic peoples. Many ancient languages such, as Latin and Greek, reflect the fact that it was both in timing and significance related to the holiday “Passover.” For this reason, many other languages derived from (or at least, languages that borrowed from) Latin and/or Greek have names based on the word “Pascha.” For this reason it is called “The Pascal Mystery.” This is further evident in the words ; Pâques from French Pasqua from Italian Pascua from Spanish Pasen from Dutch Pasg from Welsh While there was a debate as to when Easter should be placed, there is evidence that i
