Pra-Paskah: Perbezaan antara semakan

'''Pra-Paskah''' ([[Bahasa Latin|Latin]]: ''Quadragesima'', 'Keempat puluh', {{Lang-en|'''Lent'''}}) ialah perayaan keagamaan dalam kalender liturgi Kristian yang bermula pada [[Rabu Abu|hari Rabu Abu]] dan berakhir kira-kira enam minggu kemudian, malam sebelum [[Hari Easter|Ahad Paskah]]. Tujuan Pra-Paskah ialah persiapan umat untuk Paskah melalui [[Sembahyang Kristian|doa]], melakukan penebusan dosa, mematikan daging, pertaubatan dosa, sedekah, dan [[Pertapaan|penolakan diri]]. Musim ini disambut dalam [[Golongan Anglikan|Gereja Anglikan]], [[Gereja Ortodoks Timur|Ortodoks Timur]], [[Lutheranisme|Lutheran]], [[Metodisme|Metodis]], Moravia, Ortodoks Oriental, [[Calvinisme|Reformed]] (termasuk [[Gereja Presbiterian|Presbiterian]]), dan [[Gereja Katolik|Gereja Roman Katolik]].<ref name="Denominations 1">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oTtcFiGbW2kC&q=lent+lutheran+catholic+methodist&pg=PA98|title=Comparative Religion For Dummies|publisher=[[For Dummies]]|year=2011|isbn=978-1118052273|quote=This is the day Lent begins. Christians go to church to pray and have a cross drawn in yellow in ashes on their foreheads. The ashes drawn on ancient tradition represent repentance before God. The holiday is part of Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Methodist, and Episcopalian liturgies, among others.|access-date=8 March 2011}}</ref><ref name="Gassmann 180">{{Cite book|title=Historical Dictionary of Lutheranism|last=Gassmann|first=Günther|date=2001|publisher=Scarecrow Press, Inc.|isbn=978-0810866201|page=180}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Christ's Churches Purely Reformed: A Social History of Calvinism|last=Benedict|first=Philip|date=2014|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=978-0300105070|page=506}}</ref> Beberapa gereja [[Anabaptis]] dan evangelis juga menyambut Pra-Paskah.<ref name="Mennonite">{{Cite book|url=http://www.thirdway.com/menno/glossary.asp?ID=121|title=Mennonite Stew – A Glossary: Lent|publisher=Third Way Café|quote=Traditionally, Lent was not observed by the Mennonite church, and only recently have more modern Mennonite churches started to focus on the six-week season preceding Easter.|access-date=24 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219030037/http://www.thirdway.com/menno/glossary.asp?ID=121|archive-date=19 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2012-03-12/story/lent-not-just-catholics-also-some-baptists-and-other-evangelicals|title=Lent not just for Catholics, but also for many denominations, Baptists and other evangelicals|last=Brumley|first=Jeff|publisher=The Florida Times Union|access-date=3 March 2014}}</ref>