The History of the Name:
"The term Halloween is shortened from All Hallows’ Eve, as it is the eve of “All Hallows’ Day”, which is now also known as All Saints’ Day.
It was a day of religious festivities in various northern European
Pagan traditions, until Popes Gregory III and Gregory IV moved the old Christian feast of All Saints’ Day from May 13 (which had itself been the date of a pagan holiday, the Feast of the Lemures) to November 1.
In the ninth century, the Church measured the day as starting at sunset, in accordance with the Florentine calendar. Although All Saints’ Day is now considered to occur one day after Halloween, the two holidays were, at that time, celebrated on the same day.
Liturgically, the Church traditionally celebrated that day as the Vigil of All Saints, and, until 1970, a day of fasting as well. Like other vigils, it was celebrated on the previous day if it fell on a Sunday, although secular celebrations of the holiday remained on the 31st. The Vigil was suppressed in 1955, but was later restored in the post-Vatican II calendar." TheParadigm
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead,
nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
Leviticus 19:8
"The term Halloween is shortened from All Hallows’ Eve, as it is the eve of “All Hallows’ Day”, which is now also known as All Saints’ Day.
It was a day of religious festivities in various northern European
In the ninth century, the Church measured the day as starting at sunset, in accordance with the Florentine calendar. Although All Saints’ Day is now considered to occur one day after Halloween, the two holidays were, at that time, celebrated on the same day.
Liturgically, the Church traditionally celebrated that day as the Vigil of All Saints, and, until 1970, a day of fasting as well. Like other vigils, it was celebrated on the previous day if it fell on a Sunday, although secular celebrations of the holiday remained on the 31st. The Vigil was suppressed in 1955, but was later restored in the post-Vatican II calendar." TheParadigm
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead,
nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
Leviticus 19:8
