Why is the Friday before Easter called GOOD Friday?
A. The phrase “good Friday” does not appear in the Bible and neither does the word “Friday”. The only day of the week given a name in the Bible is the seventh day, the Sabbath. The other days are designated as the first, second, third and so on. Good Friday is a construct of the apostate church long after Jesus’ death. The following shows the Catholic church’s explanation:Definition and etymology: Good Friday, called Feria VI in Parasceve in the Roman Missal, he hagia kai megale paraskeue (the Holy and Great Friday) in the Greek Liturgy, Holy Friday in Romance Languages, Charfreitag (Sorrowful Friday) in German, is the English designation of Friday in Holy Week — that is, the Friday on which the Church keeps the anniversary of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ. From the earliest times the Christians kept every Friday as a feast day; and the obvious reasons for those usages explain why Easter is the Sunday par excellence, and why the Friday which marks the anniversary of Christ’s death c
