Block, SkipCaptcha, Automoderated users, edit
571
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 1:
Line 1: − + − + + + + + + + + − + + + + + +
Removed biased anti-Catholic material & added reliable sources to contradict that material. To be "fair & balanced," added link to more accurate opposing view.
'''Ash Wednesday''' is the first day of [[Lent]] as observed by [[Roman Catholic]] churches. Burnt palms from the previous year's [[Palm Sunday]] are blessed and then used to mark crosses on the foreheads of participants.
'''Ash Wednesday''' is the first day of [[Lent]] as observed by [[Roman Catholic]] and some [[Protestant]] churches. Burnt palms from the previous year's [[Palm Sunday]] are blessed and then used to mark crosses on the foreheads of participants.
Ash Wednesday has pagan origins and was made a part of the [[Catholic Church]] under the direction of [[Constantine]], a few hundred years after the birth of Christ{{fact}}.
Either of the following phrases are said when ashes are placed on the participant's forehead:
* "Remember that you are dust, and to dust you will return."
* "Turn away from sin and be faithful to the gospel."
==Origins==
Ash Wednesday has been practiced since at least 1091, and there is evidence of similar rites as early as the sixth century AD.
==See Also==
==See Also==
* [[Fat Tuesday]]
* [[Fat Tuesday]]
* Genesis 3:19
* [[Genesis]] 3:19
==External links==
* [http://www.americancatholic.org/Newsletters/CU/ac0204.asp American Catholic - History of Ash Wednesday]
* [http://www.history.com/minisites/easter/viewPage?pageId=685 History of Easter] From the History Channel.
* [http://www.thercg.org/articles/ttmol.html The True Meaning of Lent] Discusses pagan roots of Lent and Easter. From an anti-Catholic perspective.
[[Category:Observances]]
[[Category:Observances]]