Talk:Saturnalia
From Academic Kids
Me parece muy interesante que podamos saber que la Iglesia Catolica ligó las fiestas paganas con las creencias cristianas, logrando así una gran confusión en la fe de las personas y además logrando que mucha gente se vaya al infierno por estar celebrando el paganismo sin salir de el. Su información es muy util para poder corregir una unfinidad de mentiras que hoy tienen al mundo de rodillas, embaucados en la mentira y provocando que la ente se meta en una vorágine de cosas que al final le amargan el alma. El consumismo de hoy es producto de estas fiestas que se cristianizaron y que le han hecho un flaco favor a la iglesia cristiana. Grascias
contradiction?
This cannot be right. If Saturnalia is 17-23 December, then how can:
- It has been postulated that Christians in the fourth century assigned December 25th as Christ's birthday (and thus Christmas) because pagans already observed this day as a holiday.
be true (the 25th being outside the range)?
- I read somewhere that the Saturnalia officially lasted from the 17th until the 23rd at some point in time; mostly, though, they would keep on partying for several days after. That might explain the gap between the 23rd and the 25th. FoekeNoppert 15:49, Oct 11, 2004 (UTC)
- December 25 was actually another holiday in anciet Rome: It was celebrated as the birthday of Mithras. As the Mithraic mysteries were in major competition with Christianity for influence in the Roman Empire, it has been suggested that the setting of December 25 as "Christ Mass" was a canny appropriation made to counter the Mithraic threat. As to wheter this is actually so, I don't know, but shall investigate. Emyth 22:10, Mar 6, 2005 (UTC)
