Roman Catholis Holidays
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Each of the four (4) Roman Catholic holidays discussed herein (Christmas, Easter, Lent and Good Friday) has its own history, meaning and importance. Similarly each has had its own evolution and the manner in which each is celebrated is decidedly different. The Catholic holidays (holy days) and their traditions came from ancient Babylon (via the Babylonian "mysteries"), through Rome, and then through the Catholic church. All of the ancient civilizations (Egypt, Greece, Rome, India, and China) had beliefs, traditions, gods and goddesses that were related in some way to Babylon (Tennuchi). In 313 AD the Roman emperor, Constantine, adopted the Christian faith and declared it to be the state religion. While he embraced Christianity, he retained many of the trappings of the former Pagan Roman beliefs as evidenced by figures on his coins and the continued use of traditional pagan titles (Tennuchi). The Christian Church of the time became the Roman Catholic Church and it quickly began a practice of compromising with paganism. In this regard, the church was very quick to continue its practice of compromising with pagan beliefs as long as it could continue to add to the number of people it was converting to Christianity from paganism. This approach can still be witnessed today, especially in Central and South America where the "idols" of the ancient civilizations have been replaced by the statues of various saints (Tennuchi).
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opposed to the celebration of Christmas. On taking the throne of England, he became an advocate of the Anglican Church because he believed it to be more compatible with his own value and belief structure instead of that which had become spoiled by the superstition and idolatry associated with the Catholic church.
Easter
Nimrod was a great-grandson of Noah and was himself, the first empire builder. Upon his death, his wife, Semiramis told their people that Nimrod was the sun god and that when she died she would dwell in the moon as Nimrod already dwelt in the sun (see "A Look At the Historical Origins of Easter").
Semiramis never remarried after the death of Nimrod, but curiously, gave birth to a son, Tammuz, a number of years later. Tammuz was born on December twenty-fifth. His birthday was subsequently honored with greater frequency and the first day of the week was called "Sun"day as Tammuz was the "son" of the Sun (i.e., Nimrod). To honor Semiramis, people established a time to honor the moon on the first full moon following the vernal equinox, March 21. There was nothing Christian about this practice. The actual day of the resurrection of Jesus Christ rarely coincides with the vernal equinox. Tammuz, himself, died
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