![]() The Roman Catholic Church also celebrates jubilees after various periods of time, depending upon need, many of which were for political reasons. Although the concept of the jubilee began in biblical times, today the term is most closely associated with the Royal Family, and the associated ceremony and spectacle mostly symbolizes events related to them, not to God. The answer to that deserves a ‘yes’ and a ‘no’. ![]() Some people wonder if this ‘jubilee’ is in anyway related to the biblical jubilee. British Royal Jubilees come after certain completed years of reign 1 and are meaningful in many countries: United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand - most of the fifty-six states of the Commonwealth of Nations. In 2012 the Queen achieved her Diamond Jubilee, and at death, she had actually completed a full seventy years of sovereign power and celebrated the Platinum Jubilee this past June. She had reached her 50th anniversary of accession to leadership in 2002, a milestone which was celebrated with a great fanfare and called her Golden Jubilee few modern rulers reach fifty years in power. I was only eight years old when she became Queen of the Commonwealth realms, in 1952. The anniversary word ‘jubilee’ has become newsworthy again, since the recent death (8 September 2022) of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
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