What is Halloween and should Christians celebrate it?
The origin and meaning of Halloween are derived from ancient Celtic harvest festivals, but more recently we think of Halloween as a night filled with candy, trick-or-treating, pumpkins, ghosts and death. The history of Halloween. The origin of Halloween as we know it, began over 1900 years ago in England, Ireland, and Northern France.
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The second of November is designated as All Souls’ Day to commemorate the dead. Observances surrounding All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day are collectively called Hallowtide. EIGHTEENTH CENTURY C.E. The name of the holiday, Hallowe’en (Hallow Evening) appears in print as Halloween. NINETEENTH CENTURY C.E.
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The festival marked the start of the dark winter season and was celebrated around November 1. In the A.D. 700’s to 800’s, the Christian church established a new holiday, All Saints’ Day, on this date. All Saints’ Day was also called All Hallows’. Hallow means saint, or one who is holy.
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All Souls’ Day (Day of the Dead). This is a day for “commemorating all the faithful departed,” according to the New Catholic Encyclopedia. “Throughout the Middle Ages it was popular belief that the souls in purgatory could appear on this day as will-o’-the-wisps, witches, toads, etc., to persons who had wronged them during their life.”
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Nevertheless, Halloween folk customs of pagan origin flourished.” —Encyclopædia Britannica (1959), Volume 11, page 107. All Saints’ Day: “There is little doubt that the Christian church sought to eliminate or supplant the Druid festival of the dead by introducing the alternative observance of All Saints’ day on Nov. 1. This feast was ...
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Halloween berkembang menjadi industri yang menghasilkan keuntungan miliaran dolar di seputar dunia. ^ par. 37 Hallow adalah kata kuno yang berarti ”orang kudus”. All Hallows’ Day (Hari Semua Orang Kudus) adalah hari raya untuk menghormati orang kudus yang sudah mati.
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Exodus 20:8-11 says, “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.... For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.” Should Christians celebrate every modern holiday? What about Halloween?
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Samhain: De acordo com a Enciclopédia Barsa, “o Halloween tem origem nas festas pagãs de Samhain, celebradas pelos celtas durante a Idade Média . . . Durante os festejos, imensas fogueiras eram acesas no alto das colinas para afugentar os maus espíritos e …
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