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St Valentines Day
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Date: February 14, 2010 08:26AM
The Plain Truth
February, 1966
ST. VALENTINE'S DAY
Christian Custom? -- or Pagan Holiday?
by Herman L. Hoeh
WHERE DID St. Valentine's Day come from?
You might suppose school teachers and educators would know.
But do they? How many of you were ever taught the real origin of
Valentine's Day? -- were ever told in school WHY you should
observe the custom of exchanging valentines?
The Silence of Educators
Teachers are all too often silent about the origin of the
customs they are forced to teach in today's schools! If they were
to speak out, many would lose their jobs!
Isn't it time we examined why we encourage our children to
celebrate St. Valentine's Day -- when it is never so much as
mentioned in the Bible as a practice of the New Testament Church?
Today, candymakers unload tons of heart-shaped red boxes for
February 14, while millions of the younger set are annually
exchanging valentines Florists consider February 14 -- St.
Valentine's Day -- as one of their best business days. And young
lovers pair off -- at least for a dance or two -- at St.
Valentine's balls.
Why? Where did these customs originate? Where do we find any
such practices in the Bible? How did we come to inherit these
customs?
A Christian Custom?
Did you know that centuries before Christ, the pagan Romans
celebrated February 15 and the evening of February 14 as an
idolatrous and sensuous festival in honor of Lupercus, the
"hunter of wolves"?
The Romans called the festival the "Lupercalia." The custom
of exchanging valentines and all the other traditions in honor of
Lupercus -- the deified hero-hunter of Rome -- was also linked
anciently with the pagan practice of teen-agers "going steady."
It usually led to fornication. Today, the custom of "going
steady" is thought very modern. It isn't. It is merely a rebirth
of an old custom "handed down from the Roman festival of the
Lupercalia, celebrated in the month of February, when names of
young women were put into a box and drawn out by men as chance
directed." That's the admission of the "Encyclopedia Americana",
article, "St. Valentine's Day."
When Constantine made Christianity the official religion of
the Roman Empire there was some talk in church circles of
discarding this pagan free-for-all. But the Roman citizens
wouldn't hear of it! So it was agreed that the holiday would
continue as it was, except for the more grossly sensual
observances.
It w as not until the reign of Pope Gelasius that the
holiday became a "Christian custom." As far back as 496, Pope
Gelasius changed Lupercalia on February 15 to St. Valentine's Day
on February 14." (p. 172 of "Customs and Holidays Around the
World" by Lavinia Dobler).
But how did this pagan festival acquire the name of "St.
Valentine's Day"? And why is the little naked Cupid of the pagan
Romans so often associated today with February 14? And why do
little children and young people still cut out hearts and send
them on a day in honor of Lupercus the hunter of wolves? Why have
we supposed these pagan customs in honor of a false god are
Christian?
Who Was the Original "St. Valentine"?
Valentine was a common Roman name. Roman parents often gave
the name to their children in honor of the famous man who was
first called Valentine in antiquity. That famous man was
Lupercus, the HUNTER. But who was Lupercus? -- and why should he
have also borne the name Valentine among the heathen Romans?
The Greeks called Lupercus by the name of "Pan". The Semites
called Pan "Baal," according to the "Classical Dictionaries".
Baal -- mentioned so often in the Bible -- was merely another
name for Nimrod, "the mighty HUNTER" (Genesis 10:9). The hunter
Nimrod was the Lupercus -- or wolf hunter -- of the Romans. And
St. Valentine's Day was originally a day set aside by the pagans
in his honor!
But why should Nimrod have been called "Valentine" by the
Romans? And why should the celebration of this day have been
anciently limited to the city of Rome before Pope Gelasius' time?
What part did the site of ancient Rome play in the life of
Nimrod?
Valentine comes from the Latin word "Valentinus", a proper
name derived from the word "valens", meaning "to be strong,"
declares "Webster's Unabridged Dictionary". It means literally
"strong, powerful, mighty." Any connection with Nimrod? We read
in the Bible that Nimrod was the "MIGHTY hunter" (Gen. 10:9). It
was a common proverb of ancient time that Nimrod was "the MIGHTY
hunter before the Lord." NIMROD WAS THEIR HERO -- THEIR STRONG
MAN -- THEIR VALENTINE!
How plain that the original Valentine was Nimrod, the mighty
hunter of wolves. Yet another of Nimrod's names was "Sanctus" or
"Santa," meaning "Saint." It was a common title of any hero-god.
No wonder that the Roman Lupercalia is called "Saint Valentine's
Day"!
But why do we associate HEARTS on a day in honor of Nimrod
-- the BAAL of the Phoenicians and Semites?
The surprising answer is that the pagan Romans acquired the
symbol of the heart from the Babylonians. In the Babylonian
tongue the word for "heart" was "bal" (see "Young's" or "Strong's
Concordance"). The heart -- "bal" -- was merely a symbol of
Nimrod -- the "Baal" or Lord of the Babylonians!
Executed at Rome
Nimrod -- THE ORIGINAL ST. VALENTINE -- was also known as
Saturn, the Roman-Babylonian god who HID from his pursuers in a
secret place. The Latin word Saturn is derived from the
Semitic-speaking Babylonians. It means "be hid," "hide self,"
"secret," "conceal." The original Semitic (Hebrew) word, from
which the Latin Saturn is derived, is used 83 times in the Old
Testament (see "Young's Concordance" under "Sathar," also
"sether").
According to ancient tradition, Saturn (Nimrod) fled from
his pursuers to Italy. The Apennine mountains of Italy were
anciently named the mountains of Nembrod or Nimrod. Nimrod
briefly hid out at the site where Rome was later built. The
ancient name of Rome, before it was rebuilt in 753 B.C., was
Saturnia -- the site of Saturn's (Nimrod's) hiding. There he was
found and slain for his crimes. Later, professing Christians in
Constantine's day made Nimrod -- the St. Valentine of the heathen
-- a SAINT of the Church and continued to honor him under the
name of a Christian martyr.
Why February 14?
But why should the Romans have chosen February 15 and the
evening of February 14 to honor Lupercus -- the Nimrod of the
Bible? (Remember that days in ancient times began at sunset the
evening before.)
Nimrod -- the Baal or sun god of the ancient pagans -- was
said to have been born at the winter solstice. In ancient times
the solstice occurred on January 6 and his birthday therefore was
celebrated on January 6. Later, as the solstice changed, it was
celebrated on December 25 and is now called Christmas. It was the
custom of antiquity for the mother of a male child to present
herself for purification on the fortieth day after the day of
birth. The fortieth day after January 6 -- Nimrod's original
birthdate -- takes us to February 15, the celebration of which
began on the evening of February 14 -- the Lupercalia or St.
Valentine's Day.
On this day in February, Semiramis, the mother of Nimrod,
was said to have been PURIFIED and to have appeared for the first
time in public with her son as the original "mother and child."
The Roman month February, in fact, derives its name from the
"februa" which the Roman priests used in the rites celebrated on
St. Valentine's Day. The "februa" were thongs from the skins of
sacrificial animals used in rites of purification on the evening
of February 14.
Cupid Makes His Appearance
Another name for the child Nimrod was "Cupid" -- meaning
"desire" ("Encyclopedia Britannica", art., "Cupid"). It is said
that when Nimrod's mother saw him, she LUSTED after him -- she
DESIRED him. Nimrod became her Cupid -- her desired one -- and
later her Valentine! So evil was Nimrod's mother that IT IS SAID
SHE MARRIED HER OWN SON! Inscribed on the monuments of ancient
Egypt are inscriptions that Nimrod (the Egyptians called him
Osiris) was "the husband of his mother."
As Nimrod grew up, he became the child-hero of MANY women
who DESIRED him. He was their Cupid! In the Book of Daniel he is
called the "DESIRE of women" (Dan. 11:37). Moffatt translates the
word as Tammuz -- a Babylonian name of Nimrod. He provoked so
many women to JEALOUSY that an idol of him was often called the
"image of jealousy" (Ezekiel 8:5). Nimrod, the hunter, was also
their Valentine -- their strong or mighty hero! No wonder the
pagans commemorated their hero-hunter Nimrod, or Baal, by sending
heartshaped love tokens to one another on the evening of February
14 as a symbol of him.
Nimrod, the mulatto son of Cush the Ethiopian, was later a
source of embarrassment to the pagans of Europe. They didn't want
an African to worship. Consequently, they substituted a supposed
son of Nimrod, a white child named Horus, born after the death of
Nimrod. This white child then became the "fair cupid" of European
tradition.
It is about time we examined these foolish customs of the
pagans now falsely labeled Christian. It is time we quit this
Roman and Babylonian foolishness -- this IDOLATRY -- and get back
to the faith of Christ delivered once for all time.
Let's stop teaching our children these pagan customs in
memory of Baal the sun god -- the original St. Valentine -- and
teach them instead what the Bible really says!
February, 1966
ST. VALENTINE'S DAY
Christian Custom? -- or Pagan Holiday?
by Herman L. Hoeh
WHERE DID St. Valentine's Day come from?
You might suppose school teachers and educators would know.
But do they? How many of you were ever taught the real origin of
Valentine's Day? -- were ever told in school WHY you should
observe the custom of exchanging valentines?
The Silence of Educators
Teachers are all too often silent about the origin of the
customs they are forced to teach in today's schools! If they were
to speak out, many would lose their jobs!
Isn't it time we examined why we encourage our children to
celebrate St. Valentine's Day -- when it is never so much as
mentioned in the Bible as a practice of the New Testament Church?
Today, candymakers unload tons of heart-shaped red boxes for
February 14, while millions of the younger set are annually
exchanging valentines Florists consider February 14 -- St.
Valentine's Day -- as one of their best business days. And young
lovers pair off -- at least for a dance or two -- at St.
Valentine's balls.
Why? Where did these customs originate? Where do we find any
such practices in the Bible? How did we come to inherit these
customs?
A Christian Custom?
Did you know that centuries before Christ, the pagan Romans
celebrated February 15 and the evening of February 14 as an
idolatrous and sensuous festival in honor of Lupercus, the
"hunter of wolves"?
The Romans called the festival the "Lupercalia." The custom
of exchanging valentines and all the other traditions in honor of
Lupercus -- the deified hero-hunter of Rome -- was also linked
anciently with the pagan practice of teen-agers "going steady."
It usually led to fornication. Today, the custom of "going
steady" is thought very modern. It isn't. It is merely a rebirth
of an old custom "handed down from the Roman festival of the
Lupercalia, celebrated in the month of February, when names of
young women were put into a box and drawn out by men as chance
directed." That's the admission of the "Encyclopedia Americana",
article, "St. Valentine's Day."
When Constantine made Christianity the official religion of
the Roman Empire there was some talk in church circles of
discarding this pagan free-for-all. But the Roman citizens
wouldn't hear of it! So it was agreed that the holiday would
continue as it was, except for the more grossly sensual
observances.
It w as not until the reign of Pope Gelasius that the
holiday became a "Christian custom." As far back as 496, Pope
Gelasius changed Lupercalia on February 15 to St. Valentine's Day
on February 14." (p. 172 of "Customs and Holidays Around the
World" by Lavinia Dobler).
But how did this pagan festival acquire the name of "St.
Valentine's Day"? And why is the little naked Cupid of the pagan
Romans so often associated today with February 14? And why do
little children and young people still cut out hearts and send
them on a day in honor of Lupercus the hunter of wolves? Why have
we supposed these pagan customs in honor of a false god are
Christian?
Who Was the Original "St. Valentine"?
Valentine was a common Roman name. Roman parents often gave
the name to their children in honor of the famous man who was
first called Valentine in antiquity. That famous man was
Lupercus, the HUNTER. But who was Lupercus? -- and why should he
have also borne the name Valentine among the heathen Romans?
The Greeks called Lupercus by the name of "Pan". The Semites
called Pan "Baal," according to the "Classical Dictionaries".
Baal -- mentioned so often in the Bible -- was merely another
name for Nimrod, "the mighty HUNTER" (Genesis 10:9). The hunter
Nimrod was the Lupercus -- or wolf hunter -- of the Romans. And
St. Valentine's Day was originally a day set aside by the pagans
in his honor!
But why should Nimrod have been called "Valentine" by the
Romans? And why should the celebration of this day have been
anciently limited to the city of Rome before Pope Gelasius' time?
What part did the site of ancient Rome play in the life of
Nimrod?
Valentine comes from the Latin word "Valentinus", a proper
name derived from the word "valens", meaning "to be strong,"
declares "Webster's Unabridged Dictionary". It means literally
"strong, powerful, mighty." Any connection with Nimrod? We read
in the Bible that Nimrod was the "MIGHTY hunter" (Gen. 10:9). It
was a common proverb of ancient time that Nimrod was "the MIGHTY
hunter before the Lord." NIMROD WAS THEIR HERO -- THEIR STRONG
MAN -- THEIR VALENTINE!
How plain that the original Valentine was Nimrod, the mighty
hunter of wolves. Yet another of Nimrod's names was "Sanctus" or
"Santa," meaning "Saint." It was a common title of any hero-god.
No wonder that the Roman Lupercalia is called "Saint Valentine's
Day"!
But why do we associate HEARTS on a day in honor of Nimrod
-- the BAAL of the Phoenicians and Semites?
The surprising answer is that the pagan Romans acquired the
symbol of the heart from the Babylonians. In the Babylonian
tongue the word for "heart" was "bal" (see "Young's" or "Strong's
Concordance"). The heart -- "bal" -- was merely a symbol of
Nimrod -- the "Baal" or Lord of the Babylonians!
Executed at Rome
Nimrod -- THE ORIGINAL ST. VALENTINE -- was also known as
Saturn, the Roman-Babylonian god who HID from his pursuers in a
secret place. The Latin word Saturn is derived from the
Semitic-speaking Babylonians. It means "be hid," "hide self,"
"secret," "conceal." The original Semitic (Hebrew) word, from
which the Latin Saturn is derived, is used 83 times in the Old
Testament (see "Young's Concordance" under "Sathar," also
"sether").
According to ancient tradition, Saturn (Nimrod) fled from
his pursuers to Italy. The Apennine mountains of Italy were
anciently named the mountains of Nembrod or Nimrod. Nimrod
briefly hid out at the site where Rome was later built. The
ancient name of Rome, before it was rebuilt in 753 B.C., was
Saturnia -- the site of Saturn's (Nimrod's) hiding. There he was
found and slain for his crimes. Later, professing Christians in
Constantine's day made Nimrod -- the St. Valentine of the heathen
-- a SAINT of the Church and continued to honor him under the
name of a Christian martyr.
Why February 14?
But why should the Romans have chosen February 15 and the
evening of February 14 to honor Lupercus -- the Nimrod of the
Bible? (Remember that days in ancient times began at sunset the
evening before.)
Nimrod -- the Baal or sun god of the ancient pagans -- was
said to have been born at the winter solstice. In ancient times
the solstice occurred on January 6 and his birthday therefore was
celebrated on January 6. Later, as the solstice changed, it was
celebrated on December 25 and is now called Christmas. It was the
custom of antiquity for the mother of a male child to present
herself for purification on the fortieth day after the day of
birth. The fortieth day after January 6 -- Nimrod's original
birthdate -- takes us to February 15, the celebration of which
began on the evening of February 14 -- the Lupercalia or St.
Valentine's Day.
On this day in February, Semiramis, the mother of Nimrod,
was said to have been PURIFIED and to have appeared for the first
time in public with her son as the original "mother and child."
The Roman month February, in fact, derives its name from the
"februa" which the Roman priests used in the rites celebrated on
St. Valentine's Day. The "februa" were thongs from the skins of
sacrificial animals used in rites of purification on the evening
of February 14.
Cupid Makes His Appearance
Another name for the child Nimrod was "Cupid" -- meaning
"desire" ("Encyclopedia Britannica", art., "Cupid"). It is said
that when Nimrod's mother saw him, she LUSTED after him -- she
DESIRED him. Nimrod became her Cupid -- her desired one -- and
later her Valentine! So evil was Nimrod's mother that IT IS SAID
SHE MARRIED HER OWN SON! Inscribed on the monuments of ancient
Egypt are inscriptions that Nimrod (the Egyptians called him
Osiris) was "the husband of his mother."
As Nimrod grew up, he became the child-hero of MANY women
who DESIRED him. He was their Cupid! In the Book of Daniel he is
called the "DESIRE of women" (Dan. 11:37). Moffatt translates the
word as Tammuz -- a Babylonian name of Nimrod. He provoked so
many women to JEALOUSY that an idol of him was often called the
"image of jealousy" (Ezekiel 8:5). Nimrod, the hunter, was also
their Valentine -- their strong or mighty hero! No wonder the
pagans commemorated their hero-hunter Nimrod, or Baal, by sending
heartshaped love tokens to one another on the evening of February
14 as a symbol of him.
Nimrod, the mulatto son of Cush the Ethiopian, was later a
source of embarrassment to the pagans of Europe. They didn't want
an African to worship. Consequently, they substituted a supposed
son of Nimrod, a white child named Horus, born after the death of
Nimrod. This white child then became the "fair cupid" of European
tradition.
It is about time we examined these foolish customs of the
pagans now falsely labeled Christian. It is time we quit this
Roman and Babylonian foolishness -- this IDOLATRY -- and get back
to the faith of Christ delivered once for all time.
Let's stop teaching our children these pagan customs in
memory of Baal the sun god -- the original St. Valentine -- and
teach them instead what the Bible really says!
Re: St Valentines Day
Posted by:
WashingTone-Locian
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Date: February 14, 2010 09:52AM
Well, we can all hope for fornication on St. Valentine's Day.
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Re: St Valentines Day
Posted by:
Numbers
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Date: February 14, 2010 10:56AM
Who cares who started it?
It's a great day for getting laid.
It's a great day for getting laid.
Re: St Valentines Day
Posted by:
Mr. Misery
()
Date: February 14, 2010 12:55PM
Herman L. Hoeh does a nice job with the history here, but he needs to get it out of his head that Christianity is anything special. Just like any religion, it's recycled imagery and themes that have been around as long as civilization itself. Big deal.
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