Should Christians Celebrate Valentine's Day?

Red roses, blue violets, heart-shaped boxes of chocolate, and teddy bears all ring of the erotic love between man and woman celebrated on a day we’ve come to know as Valentine’s Day. This day, celebrated annually on February 14th, is a day that has become embraced by all walks of life, both secular and religious, throughout the Western world.

In fact, if you’ve been in any Protestant or Evangelical church for a while, you’ve likely sat through painstakingly horrendous eisegesis of passages from the Song of Solomon, to New Testament excerpts of God’s love for humanity by sending Jesus, in an attempt to tie Valentine’s day into something biblical.

But what is the origin of this holiday, and is it biblical?

Much is unknown of the identity of the man the holiday is named after, Saint Valentinus of Rome. In fact, there are several Roman Catholic Saints that carry the same name. However, it is known that the holiday originated as a liturgical feast in the Roman Catholic church. But it may be tied to an even darker origin. One Catholic source admits: