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Michael, could you tell us something about the 'Vision' website, who its publishers are, and where they stand theologically? Sorry, I'm feeling lazy this morning...
Thanks!
Graham
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From: Michael Bannen [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 02 July 2002 00:33
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Subject: Re: [M-R] Easter celebration
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Good summary of Easter date:
http://www.vision.org/trdl/trdl010420.html
Polycrates letter to Victor re: date of keeping Passover.
http://www.ccel.org/fathers2/ANF-08/anf08-170.htm#P12425_3629258
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From: "Phyllis Jestice" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 8:48 PM
Subject: [M-R] Easter celebration
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> Well, actually, I was just trying to flaunt my (limited) knowledge of the
> Easter issue myself. Easter was linked to the celebration of Passover in
> the early church, which unfortunately (for other ethnic/religious groups
in
> the Roman Empire) is calculated using a lunar calendar, on the 14th day of
> the month Nisan. The quartodecimans ("14 dayers") argued that Easter
> should be celebrated on the 14th of Nisan, no matter what day of the week
> it fell on. Victor tried to impose the Roman practice of celebrating
> Easter on the Sunday following the 14th. Interestingly, before the late
> 2nd century, the Roman church didn't have a special Easter festival, and
> earlier bishops of Rome (such as Anicetus (c. 155-c. 166) seemed willing
to
> accept the Asia Minor practice of celebrating it on the 14th.
(Compliments
> of the Oxford Dictionary of Popes, since I'm too lazy to go downstairs and
> get another reference book) And then the Irish/Roman spat over the true
> date of Easter is another matter.
>
> Phyllis
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