Chris DIED on Good Friday, why do they call it good?
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From The Catholic Encyclopedia:
Because Christ died for us sinners on Friday. In Christian theology we would all be damned if not for that redeeming act.
From the St. Matthew Passion by J.S. Bach
WHADDYA MEAN WHAT’S GOOD ABOUT IT? WE ALL GET A DAY OFF WORK/SCHOOL ETC.!!!
Sorry, I mean really, i can’t believe two people answered without saying that.
Please continue with the logical theological discussion.
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RoryG, said like a true Canadian. You guys really get Good Friday off? Damn, I’m emmigrating…
Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable says the “Good” in Good Friday is just a synonym for holy. That makes sense when you remember that the Holy Bible is called the Good Book. (Bible is from the Greek word for book; now how would I know that?).
The adjective used to describe the day in Greek is “Megalee” (mu-epsilon-gamma-alpha-lambda-eta), which means large, great, splendid, or magnificent, which is not exactly the same as good. In French the day is called “Vendredi saint” (holy Friday). I can’t find the Latin name anywhere. Does anybody know it?
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Who’s Chris?
Your brain-in-a-jar,
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Imbibo, ergo sum.
Chris Farley?
I think he dies on a friday.
And it’s good because we dont hafta put up with anymore of his movies.
Clue: the French equivalent is “Vendredi Saint”
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There’s a BC comic strip, from last year I believe, where an ant says to the preacher ant, “Sicko! If my God died on a Friday, I sure wouldn’t call it ‘good’!” to which the preacher replies, “And you would be right, provided that your god was capable of staying dead.”
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–A. Einstein
It is a good day to die.
The pre-Vatican II Roman Missal calls Good Friday Feria VI in Parasceve, which means Holy Day #6, in Preparation Day.
The Romance languages generally called it Holy Friday.
But, what makes it Good, Holy, or Great is the same thing which makes the cross a sign of Christianity – death is but a doorway to new life. After all, resurrection is at the heart of Christian belief, and death in this world (as painful and bereaving as it can be) is birth into the next world.
As much as Christian piety (especially Medieval Catholic piety) can focus on the gruesome details of Jesus’ torture and death; Christian piety often collapses the death of Jesus into his resurrection as a combined, single event: the death & resurrection of Christ.
Add to that a redemption theology that the death of Jesus on the Cross is a sacrifice which saves all people from sin and death, you get to start regarding the day as a holy and good thing.
Peace.