Trick or Treat

Why Churches invented Trick or Treating: the bizarre history most people don’t know.

Throughout the middle ages people believed in a theological concept called purgatory…a place between heaven and hell where certain people could pay for their sins. Of course, most scholars don’t believe the concept even exists in the Bible (which I agree with). Some credit Pope Gregory the 1st (late 6th century) as the originator. But…
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The Strange History of Trick or Treating – Prayer?

Throughout the middle ages people believed in a theological concept called purgatory…a place between heaven and hell where certain people could pay for their sins before entering heaven.  Of course, Evangelical scholars don’t believe the concept even exists in the Bible.  Some credit Pope Gregory the 1st (late 6th century) as the originator.  But keep…
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