The rite arises out of the Christian Passover rite of the ancient Church. In the Hebrew Scriptures the seven annual Sabbaths, or high days, were holy days. Some authors refer to the annual Sabbaths as holydays to distinguish them from secular and other religious holidays. In a technical sense the weekly Sabbath was also a holy day although the term holyday always refers to annual Sabbaths. Our editorial policy for this website limits the meaning of holydays to the seven annual Sabbaths of the Hebrew Scriptures.
Some writers use the term festivals to refer to the annual Sabbaths.
This is confusing as the Jews had festivals, such as Purim, which were not annual Sabbaths. In early Christian theology the comforter supernaturally given to Christians by God. The apostles taught that the indwelling of the Holy Spirit enables the people of God to live a Christian life. One of those, in the 4th century, holding to the doctrine of the Nicene Creed that the Son is of the same essence or substance with the Father. Anatomically modern Homo sapiens .