Well, most any Friday is good in my book. But this is the official “Good Friday.” What is the origin of the term? Is it a corruption of “God’s Friday” as the Catholic Encyclopedia and Encarta have it? Is it good in the sense of having good effects for those who are redeemed by the sacrifice of God’s son?
If you read my Cyber-Psalm for this week, you might have noticed that I struggle to see anything good about our world. And even to see any real world impact of Christ’s sacrifice. We are still living in the long night that precedes the dawn. Maranatha. Come, Lord, quickly!
In Portuguese, Good Friday is simply “Holy Friday” or sexta-feira santa.
Any ideas on the origin of the term Good Friday or what it is called in other languages?
See also: Jim West’s ‘Good’ Friday?
Was just looking up “Good Friday” on Google blogs, and yours came up.
It’s my understanding that, in the earlier days of English, “good” could also mean “morally wise” or “holy”; hence the Bible being called, “the good book”.
As to other languages — In Russian, it’s “Passionate Friday”.
Look forward to reading your other entries here,
L
Thanks, Laura. Hope you enjoy having a look around.