Valentine a Roman pagan tradition
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Uploaded by edgarmendex on Feb 15, 2009
The whole thing apparently was a big "thank you" to the she-wolf that suckled Romulus and Remus, the mythical founders of Rome. Priests of the Luperci College would start the celebration with a few animal sacrifices and presentation of a few Vestal Virgins.
St. Valentine turned out to be a fine choice because there were several of them, all martyrs during the nasty reign of Claudius. And nobody knew anything about their lives, so there was nothing to get in the way of having St. Valentine represent whatever the people wished.
Well, even after Rome had largely converted to Christianity in the late 4th century, the people still expected some kind of fertility celebration in February. As with other such situations, the Church's answer was to tone down the pagan celebration, make it a tribute to a saint, and declare it all good.
The goatskin thongs were considered instruments of purification, empowered to rid stricken women of bad luck, curses and infertility. Februa is Latin for purification, hence the name of the month.
Which means there's nothing to prevent a modern-day libertine/cheapskate from "discovering" that dear old Valentinus actually preferred the old ways when it came to welcoming the reproductive miracle of spring. Now grab that goatskin and get to work lol!
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The mingling of Christianity and paganism is catholicism.
filoIII 1 year ago
thx u..and god bless u .
love7277 3 years ago
Its a sin of Idolatry when we worship any other thing that replace the Most High, and curses come over us for doing so, besides when one celebrate valentine he or she are worshipping demons...
1Cor.10[14] Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.
edgarmendex 3 years ago
So many of our people celebrate V-day and don't even know the history of it. It's better not to celebrate if you don't know, period.
However, even there are many who do know, yet still celebrate V-day. It's kinda like they want to remain dumb and stuck on "AmeriKKKa's" pagan traditional holidays.
Thanks for posting Ahch.
Peace and blessings to you.
keshawn888 3 years ago 2
damn!!!
NaibunCreative 3 years ago
after I found out the truth about easter and Christmas, common since told me that valentines day was just another pagan festival, that had been modernized and used to generate capitol
gtoutofthawrld 3 years ago 2