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Definition
According to the The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, Heortology refers to "the study of the origin, history and meaning" behind the seasons and festivals during the ecclesiastical, or church calendar year. Heortology encourages scholars interested in theology to take subjects presented in biblical texts, sermons and sacramental instruction, and to examine them through with "critical credulity and skeptical unbelief" Karl Adam Heinrich Kellner, Heortology: A History of the Christian Festivals from Their Origin to the Present Day (Oxford University: K. Paul, 1908), 2-84. Accessed November 12th, 2016, https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=4gMPAAAAQAAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA1&dq=Heortology&ots=qjMaRgZGCI&sig=8g-N3WchbVrDKTX0zJ2ONAi1o-k#v=onepage&q=Heortology&f=false/ref>

Significance of Etymology
Heortology refers strictly to the study of the festival and holidays associated with the Christian religious tradition. However, it is important to discuss the Greek etmology for the term. The word heortology can be broke down into the Greek root heortē, or feast and -ology meaning to study. According to Athenians, heortē is done in the spirit of religious tradition, and support this knowledge with classic Greek scholars. In his text LawsPlato discussed that the Greeks practices twelve differentheortaiconsisting "of sacrifices, choruses, and musical and athletic contests" in respect to the twelve gods.Plato explains that the heortai to the gods, draws the eyes of the gods to their followers in order to draw recognition for the sacrifices they are making in order to fulfill the lives the gods had given. However, Aristotle established the idea that heortai is associated with play. For Aristotle, heortai presents an opportunity for joyous celebration.

Possible Leading Figures and Events
Plato and Aristotle

Christmas
Heortological analysis is used in the study of the historical reasoning behind the festivals and holidays of the Christian religious tradition. For example, in the text Calendar, Chronology And Worship: Studies in Ancient Judaism And Early Christianity, by Roger T. Beckwith discusses the Three Cycles of the [|Christmas] season. Beckwith explains that there is an extended side to Christmas, than the more popularly known Nativity story, even though it is the first of the Three Cycles.

Easter
Karl Adam Heinrich Kellner, in the text Heortology: A History of the Christian Festivals from Their Origin to the Present Day, explains that in many modern cultures today, people forget that Easter is associated with the Christian sacrament of Baptism.