BERITA DARI TEMPINO

In February, we are always watching the mass media, shopping malls, entertainment centers be busy-roaring race attracted the attention of teenagers with a party that was rare celebration lasted well into the night and even into the early hours. All the party comes down to one thing that is Valentine’s Day. Usually they were saying “good-Valentine’s Day”, send cards and flowers, the couple exchanged, each vent, express affection or love because of the assumption that time is “love day”. Is this correct?
The World Book Encyclopedia (1998) describes the many versions of the Valentine’s Day:
Celebration of Lupercalia was a series of purification ceremony at the ancient Roman period (13-18 February). The first two days, dedicated to the goddess of love (queen of feverish love) Februata Juno. On this day, the boys draw girls names in the box. Then every young man take a random name and the girl whose name came out to be a partner for a year for fun and entertainment object. On February 15, they asked for protection from harassment Lupercalia god wolf. During this ceremony, young people with skin whipping animals and women scramble to snap dilecut because the assumption it will make them more fertile.

When the Christian religion in the Roman Catholic, they adopted the ceremony and color it with shades of Christianity, among others, changed the names of girls with the names of the Pope or the priest. Among the supporters was the Emperor Konstantine and Pope Gregory I (see: The Encyclopedia Britannica, subtitles: Christianity). To be more closer to the Christian doctrine, in 496 AD Pope Gelasius I made the ceremony of this ancient Roman Feast Day Church became the name of Saint Valentine’s Day to honor St.Valentine who happened to die on February 14 (see: The World Book Encyclopedia 1998).

The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. St. subtitles XV. Write a Valentine 3 Valentine’s name who died on February 14, one of them described as a death in Roman times. However, there was no explanation of who “St. Valentine “meant, also with a story that was not previously known to the tip-base for each source tells a different story.
According to the first version, the Emperor Claudius II, ordered the arrest and jailing St. Valentine for expressing his god is Isa Al-Masih and refused to worship the gods of the Romans. Most High God of all that they associate. People who crave St.Valentine prayer and writing letters and put them in prison bars.

The second version tells that the Emperor Claudius II thought single young soldiers stronger and stronger in battle than those who married. The emperor then banned the youth to marry, but broke St.Valentine and secretly marry young men that she brought was arrested and hanged on February 14, 269 M (see: The World Book Encyclopedia, 1998).

The habit of sending Valentine’s cards itself no direct connection with the St. Valentine. In 1415 AD when the Duke of Orleans was imprisoned in the Tower of London, in celebration of the church recalled St.Valentine February 14, he sent a poem to his wife in France. Then Geoffrey Chaucer, English poet to link with the mating season of birds in the poem (see: The Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol.12 hal.242, The World Book Encyclopedia, 1998).

And what about saying “Be My Valentine?” Ken Sweiger in the article “Should Christians Observe It Biblical?” (Www.korrnet.org) says the word “Valentine” comes from Latin, meaning: “the Mighty, the Most Strong and Yang Almighty “. The word is addressed to Nimrod and Lupercus, a Roman god. So whether consciously or not, or write Ken Sweiger-if we ask people to be “to be my Valentine”, it means doing the wrath of God (for asking to be “The Almighty”) and turn the worship of idols culture. In Islam it is called Shirk, associating partners with Allah means Subhannahu wa Ta’ala. As for Cupid (meaning: the desire), the baby with the winged arrow is the son of Nimrod “the hunter” Sun-god. Called the god of Love, because he was so handsome women hunted even he committed adultery with her own mother! More >