tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post5586686950073927066..comments2024-03-28T08:42:07.659-07:00Comments on The Eponymous Flower: Bishop Rejects Heathen Commercial Festival of HalloweenTancredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16015531337154301560noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-84574977847954813712013-10-31T01:14:02.951-07:002013-10-31T01:14:02.951-07:00@Anonymous at 3:27 AM,
Why is Fat Tuesday, also kn...@Anonymous at 3:27 AM,<br />Why is Fat Tuesday, also known as Pancake Tuesday, a pagan and outrageous celebration? I was taught that it was the day when, in anticipation of Lent, Catholics used up all the foods that they would not be eating in Lent, such as milk, cream, eggs and so forth. Marnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-17710960095531081942013-10-30T13:16:21.474-07:002013-10-30T13:16:21.474-07:00Let us not forget that Halloween is a contraction ...Let us not forget that Halloween is a contraction of 'All Hallows Eve' = The eve, or vigil, of All Saints.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-76972566267832060132013-10-30T13:10:31.961-07:002013-10-30T13:10:31.961-07:00Yes, When I was in Rome in 1973 children dressed u...Yes, When I was in Rome in 1973 children dressed up as saints on Halloween. I even saw a few popes around. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-79078875963068654112013-10-30T12:22:25.597-07:002013-10-30T12:22:25.597-07:00Fat Tuesday has not the world-wide popularity of H...Fat Tuesday has not the world-wide popularity of Halloween. allandan500https://www.blogger.com/profile/01173990441989790499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-54646020001575315212013-10-30T09:23:55.901-07:002013-10-30T09:23:55.901-07:00True enough. In my travels in Europe in the 1970s...True enough. In my travels in Europe in the 1970s very few people even heard of the American version of Halloween, let alone celebrated it. But if you travel there now the Halloween junk has become ubiquitous thanks to the baleful influence of US culture, movies, etc. combined with, of course, a general losing of faith among European populations. Aged parenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05217229048176272954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-25764299838507919172013-10-30T07:18:42.638-07:002013-10-30T07:18:42.638-07:00One advantage is that he's criticizing somethi...One advantage is that he's criticizing something perceived in certain parts of that area as American Cultural Imperialism.Tancredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16015531337154301560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-27910952013730845792013-10-30T03:27:15.804-07:002013-10-30T03:27:15.804-07:00This bishop is courageous. But he would be more c...This bishop is courageous. But he would be more courageous to condemn the even more pagan and outrageous celebration of Fat Tuesday (Martedi di Grasso) celebrated in every town of Italy. It is easy to condemn things which are popular in other countries, but much harder to condemn things which are popular in oneì's own city.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com