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Pagan Origins of the Modern Week

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    • The conversion of Constantine to the Christian religion.
    • The expansion of the Roman empire which exposed the Romans to other religions.
    • The Emperor Caligula Germanicus' desire to impose the northern European calendar on Rome. It is from this move that the Norse gods are named in the week: Woden for Wednesday; Thor for Thursday, etc.
    • The rise in popularity among pagan Romans of the cult of Mithras.
    • The acceptance of the Jewish week.
    • Came from the Isle of Mithras.
    • Came from Persia (Iran).
    • Was an early competitor of Christianity - even a counterfeit of it.
    • Exalted the day of the Sun above all the other days. It was the most popular Sun cult of all time.
    • Was just the Persian name for Christianity. On his way to India, the apostle Thomas spent time in Persia converting many.
    • The planetary week.
    • The Biblical week.
    • At the same time that Mithraism rose in popularity in the West.
    • With the Julian Calendar in 46 BC.
    • At the Council of Nicæa.
    • That is the day upon which Yahushua arose from the dead.
    • The Sun is the first and brightest light in the sky - it should be the first in the week as well.
    • It was the most important day within Mithraism, which was a sun cult.
    • Was eight days long.
    • Originally began on Saturday (Saturn's day).
    • Comes from the Biblical week - it is the same length and has the same source: the Creator.
    • How popular is a seven-day week.
    • That Saturday is not the Biblical Sabbath and that Sunday is not the day of Yahushua's resurrection.
    • That Mithraism and Christianity were one and the same: two different names for the same religion.
    • True.
    • False.
    • Was in charge of the Council of Nicæa.
    • Fought against the calendar change and tried to get people to return to the Biblical calendar.
    • Tried to rename the days of the planetary week to match the names of the Biblical week: First Day, Second Day, Third Day, etc.
    • An amalgamation of Christianity with paganism.
    • That there is no difference between the Biblical calendar and the pagan calendar.
    • That Yahuwah does not care about which calendar you use, as long as you worship by the correct day (the seventh day.)
    • That Mithraism is just another name for Christianity.
    • Italian, Spanish and Portuguese.
    • English, Dutch, Breton, Welsh and Cornish.
    • Gaelic, French, German and Danish.
    • Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish and Polish.
    • 'The sin which doth so easily beset.'
    • 'The body of this death, who shall deliver me?'
    • 'The mystery of iniquity.'
    • Aligns perfectly with the Biblical calendar.
    • Is irreparably pagan.
    • Had an eight-day week.
    • The Biblical Sabbath cannot be found using the modern calendar.
    • The true day of Yahushua's resurrection is not Sunday.
    • That the modern week has come down to us uninterrupted since Creation.
    • The pagan origins of the modern calendar.
    • To invite others to come to church with you.
    • To use the correct calendar to count to that day.
    • To be on time for services.
    • To meet with other people - we are told not to forsake the assembling of ourselves together for Christian fellowship.

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