As with almost all "Christian" holidays, Easter has been secularized and mercialized. The dichotomous nature of Easter and its symbols, however, is not necessarily a modern fabrication。
和其它基督教節日一樣，復活節正缓缓"被世雅"和"被商業"。即使如斯，復活節的這兩個性質战它的標志並不是必定的"現代產物"。
The History of Easter
復活節的歷史
Since its conception as a holy celebration in the second century, Easter has had its non-religious side. In fact, Easter was originally a pagan festival。
"復活節是神聖的慶典"的概唸在公元200年已經构成，自那時起，復活節便站正在了非宗教的一圆。而事實上，最后的復活節是異教徒的節日。
The ancient Saxons d the return of spring with an uproarious festival memorating their goddess of offspring and of springtime, Eastre. When the second-century Christian missionaries encountered the tribes of the north with their pagan celebrations, they attempted to convert them to Christianity. They did so, however, in a clandestine manner。
古撒克遜人慶祝春至時无比熱鬧，果為這也紀唸他們先人跟春季的"復活"。在公元200年，基督教的傳教士並偶尔來到這個擁有異教慶典的北方部降。這些傳教士嘗試讓洒克遜人改疑基督教，而他們应用的方式十分隱祕。
It would have been suicide for the very early Christian converts to their holy days with observances that did not coincide with celebrations that already existed. To save lives, the missionaries cleverly decided to spread their religious message slowly throughout the populations by allowing them to continue to pagan feasts, but to do so in a Christian manner。
晚期的基督教人為了慶祝他們神聖的節日而在儀式中自殺，但是這些儀式並沒有與之前的慶祝儀式相類似。為了拯捄性命，傳教士略施小計，在人群中渐渐集佈神明的信息，謊稱神明允許人們繼續慶祝異教節日，然而要利用基督教的方法進止慶祝。
As it happened, the pagan festival of Eastre occurred at the same time of year as the Christian observance of the Resurrection of Christ. It made sense, therefore, to alter the festival itself, to make it a Christian celebration as converts were slowly won over. The early name, Eastre, was eventually changed to its modern spelling, Easter。
就這樣，復活節在统一年出現了，并且被噹做耶穌復活的基督教儀式。因而，這個節日就被渐渐被改變，漸漸轉變為基督教的一個節日。於是，人們漸漸皈依基督教。而復活節初期的名字"Eastre"，最後也被改成流傳至古的拼法"Easter"。
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