I thought everyone would like to know the following:
“Advent is not the oldest season in the church. Easter, the Pasch or Passover, is far older, by at least two hundred years. In fact, the earliest mention of a period of preparation for Christmas didn’t exist until 490 in Gaul, what is now modern France.”
Joan Chittister, The Liturgical Year: The Spiraling Adventure of the Spiritual Life. 63-63
There you have it. The French invented Advent. You’re welcome.
December 19, 2010 at 1:26 pm
Anything you can do to bring up the French huh?
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December 19, 2010 at 1:42 pm
The French need to hire me for PR.
December 19, 2010 at 4:16 pm
Yeah, sure, thanks a LOT — thanks to you freakin’ people we have to fast from Nov. 15 to Dec. 24 (Nov. 28 to Jan. 6, Gregorian)!
December 19, 2010 at 4:37 pm
Ha!
December 20, 2010 at 1:00 am
Brian,
This sounds a bit anachronistic to me.