The origin of the Christmas Tree and wreath are not Protestant, but were "lifted" from the pre-Christian Northern Europeans. Just like ornaments, stockings, the colors (red, green, gold, white), Santa Klaus (Odin), and just about everything else.The Christmas wreath with the candles is a Protestant invention (did you read the articles?). It is not Catholic at all, it is a novelty introduced into the Catholic churches around Vatican II. The first Catholic church to house an advent wreath was one in Cologne in 1925.
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The Christmas wreath with the candles is a Protestant invention (did you read the articles?). It is not Catholic at all, it is a novelty introduced into the Catholic churches around Vatican II. The first Catholic church to house an advent wreath was one in Cologne in 1925.I did. I understand the Advent candle innovation. My point is that the wreath is a pre-Chrsitian Norse tradition.
I did. I understand the Advent candle innovation. My point is that the wreath is a pre-Christian Norse tradition.A plain wreath maybe, but an advent wreath with candles, is a Protestant tradition.
It became the practice for Protestant temples and homes in the U.S. to use four red candles, and for Catholics to use the purple and pink candles. Some Anglicans, who also adopted the custom in the early 1900s, use blue or white..
In the spirit of ecuмenism, today we find many progressivist Catholic churches abandoning the purple and pink and choosing all white or red candles.
.Not at all. I love wreaths, as it is a reminder of my Teutonic heritage.
So now Advent wreaths are evil and if you use one you're certainly inviting the devil into your home, eh?
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Not at all. I love wreaths, as it is a reminder of my Teutonic heritage..
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I have no dislike of the Advent wreath per se, but what I really hated, when I was attending NO, was the lighting of the Advent wreath to replace the penitential rite. :facepalm:
You're asking me - an Aussie. We don't participate in that Thanksgiving stuff! :furtive:.
I would think it's more likely that a Catholic man came up with the idea but he was too afraid of being called a heretic by Last TradicianRead the article, the point is that is that it does not belong in a Catholic church, it is a private practice in the home done by Germans and invented by a Protestants.
Read the article, the point is that is that it does not belong in a Catholic church, it is a private practice in the home done by Germans and invented by a Protestants.I learned this from my husband and he really hasn't wanted to partake in the Advent wreath in our home even though it has been changed to something Catholic with the holy water blessing and prayers.
The rest of the Catholic world outside of Germans and Americans has never even seen a wreath in their homes.
I am in the USA so, I thought it was interesting to know. Did you know that? I didn't, so that is why I posted it. You learn something everyday.
I learned this from my husband and he really hasn't wanted to partake in the Advent wreath in our home even though it has been changed to something Catholic with the holy water blessing and prayers.The Anglican, Calvinist, Lutheran services have been changed to something Catholic too, it is called the Novus Ordo.