Is Easter possibly named after a pagan goddess?

Clothed Ishtar, early 2nd millennium BC (Marie-Lan Nguyen) COGwriter Next month many will celebrate the festival called Easter. Where did the name Easter come from? Easter itself is not a Christian term but comes from paganism as even Roman Catholic and Protestant sources confirm: The English term, according to the Ven. Bede (De temporum ratione, […]

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