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Good Friday, called Feria VI in Parasceve in the Roman Missal, he hagia kai megale paraskeue (the Holy and Great Friday) in the Greek Liturgy, Holy Friday in Romance Languages, Charfreitag (Sorrowful Friday) in German, is the English designation of Friday in Holy Week — that is, the Friday on which the Church keeps...
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Generally, English speaking countries and the Dutch call Friday of the Holy Week as "Good Friday". Its said that in Early Modern English, "Good" had a meaning in the sense of "Holy". Oxford puts the reference u...
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Good Friday and Jesus Our Lord Good Friday is the day commemorating Jesus Christ's death on the cross, which is probably to be dated April 3, A.D. 33. In the liturgical calendar of the Western church, the Friday before Easter. The exact ori...
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Just the other day, at the church coffee hour, a mother guided her daughter my way. "Victoria has a question for you." Translation: "Victoria asked me this question and I haven't the faintest idea how to answer it, so I said ...
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Subject: RE: Why is Good Friday called "Good?" ... why is it called "Good"?? >My Webster's New Collegiate at work said that the term refers simply to the >holiness of the day. >It also says "good-bye" is derived from "God be with you." Could the >"Good" in "Good Friday" have come from a term that included "God"?
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Why is Good Friday called "good?" ... "Good Friday" is not an universal name for the day. The liturgical title for the day in the Western church was "Friday of Preparation" since the time Jews used the work paraskeue (getting ready) for Friday, meaning the day of preparation.
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You may have heard that today is called Good Friday because it was on this day that Christ accomplished our redemption and, as Martha Stewart might say, "That's a Good Thing."
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First, why call something "good" if it commemorates the painful death of the person being worshiped? ... Re: Why is Good Friday called Good Friday? the12thBeatle 18:18:12 4/18/03 (1) ... Because 'Bad Friday' was already taken. n/t Barry, Suave MF 17:01:00 4/18/03 (0)
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In Reply to: Why is Good Friday called Good Friday? posted by (Alt-0220)bermensch(Alt-0169) on April 18, 2003 at 16:56:28: ... That's the GOOD part of GOOD FRIDAY. Crosses are a symbol of his sacrifice. You don't look too clever just rehashing Kevin's words from Dogma. Only on this board would someone try to sound original...
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