The Christian Easter celebration was called Passover (a chronological period of time known and supervised by the Jewish authorities) until the time of the Nicean Council in 325 A.D. A cardinal rule for the celebration of Easter is the deliberate attempt to hold the Passover of the Holy Scriptures in contempt because Jewish people continue to observe this period as they had since their Exodus from Egypt. To prevent an association, theologians at Nicea were NOT to observe their Passover (which was later changed in Anglo-Saxon countries to the name "Easter") on a Sunday that the Jews would ordinarily keep their Passover.
This was to promote their own condescending opinions concerning Jewish practices. To do this, they required all Christians when "Easter" occurred on the Jewish Passover to postpone the Christian "Easter" to the following Sunday in order to have nothing in common with the Jewish crowd
And to further alienate the Jews from any participation in any of their "Easter" services, numerous pagan symbols were adopted by Christians that they knew the Jews would hold in disregard. These include practices such as bunny rabbits, egg hunts, and other customs of the Gentiles.
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