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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Fri Apr 18, 2014, 09:12 AM Apr 2014

Today is Good Friday

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Friday

The Reproaches - Tomás Luis de Victoria

O Sacred Head Now Wounded - Fernando Ortega
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Were You there, When they Crucified my Lord ? - Hymns from Visual Worship Media
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Hymn - "Sing My Tongue the Glorious Battle"

Good Friday liturgy from the National Cathedral 12PM EST.
http://www.nationalcathedral.org

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Today is Good Friday (Original Post) hrmjustin Apr 2014 OP

I'm interested in double meanings: "Good" Friday is interesting from this perspective Brettongarcia Apr 2014 #1

Interesting....I never thought of this. yeoman6987 Apr 2014 #2

It's very simple. Forgiveness is good. rug Apr 2014 #3

So the death of Jesus is good? Brettongarcia Apr 2014 #4

For us. rug Apr 2014 #6

You're exactly right Glorfindel Apr 2014 #5

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But curiously some might say: killing the Lord is ultimately good Brettongarcia Apr 2014 #8

Christians understand that it is just a commemoration of his crucifixion. hrmjustin Apr 2014 #9

Brettongarcia

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1. I'm interested in double meanings: "Good" Friday is interesting from this perspective

Reply to hrmjustin (Original post)

Fri Apr 18, 2014, 09:21 AM

Apr 2014

If Good Friday is the day that Jesus was crucified, then why is it regarded as "good" by Christians?

Some suggest the term comes from calling this a "good" or "holy" day. Others that "good" is a corruption of "God."

Other might suggest that Jesus dying is "good," in that it saves us (cf. substitutionary atonement).

On the other hand though? We curiously end up calling the day that Jesus was killed, good.

Not sure what this says about the psychology of believers. And/or the accuracy of their language.

Any speculations?