There was no 'Celtic Church' as such (there's a good article on
this by Wendy Davies, but I'll need to do some research through my
notes to remember where) , but different churches among which there
were differing views about when to celebrate Easter - Bede is fairly
explicit about the division of opinions between the southern and the
northern Irish on this point.
Julia Barrow
Date: Tue, 09 Nov 1999 13:09:14 -0500
Subject: irish easter date?
From: "Frans vanLiere" <[log in to unmask]>
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Dear all,
I am currently teaching a course on the Early Middle Ages, and discussing
the influence of Celtic Christianity and Irish monks on the Church in
Western Europe. Everyone knows about the synod of Whitby, 664, where the
main issue of controversy was the date of the celebration of Easter.
I know how to calculate the Catholic Easter date :-)
But is there anyone on this list who knows when the Celtic church
celebrated Easter?
All the literature (including Cyrille Vogel, Medieval Liturgy, which gives
almost any other possible calculation of Easter) I have perused is
uncanningly silent on this question.
Thank you!
Frans van Liere
Department of History, Calvin College
3201 Burton Street SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49506
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
http://www.calvin.edu/academic/history/vlieref.htm
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