In times past, after the Great Schism of 1054, there appeared a new Roman Catholic holiday, called All Saints Day. And the evening before, as is the custom for all feasts of the Church, there was a celebration of the new day after sunset as the new day begins. And so, during these festivities, the Vespers service would be sung. However, along with that practice, came another practice. There would be a party where the laity would come dressed in masquerade as depicting certain of the saints whom they particularly favored.
Thus, the humble roots of Halloween were born. But, as time went by, the people began to make a parody out of Satan and his fallen angels by masquerading as those miserable creatures! As time evolved even further, there was more and more emphasis on the dark side, and the former practice of masquerading as a saint was replaced by the current practice of masquerading as evil gremlins and goblins, and ghosts, and other things that go bump in the night!
As Atheism and non-church attendance became ever more prevalent in modern society, thus ushering in the Great Apostasy, the Halloween holiday became even more a celebration of the evil one. Now, today, we see Halloween numbered with Christmas as a major holiday! Christians, WAKE UP!
See how Satan moves. A little leaven leaventh the whole lump! November 1 is still considered All Saints Day in the Roman Catholic Liturgical Cycle. Thus, we label this as a cult.
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