Re: What will I get for Donatist Christmas?

--- "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 11:49:43AM -0800, Adam
> Walker wrote:
> > Now I just have to find a Septuagint to give
> myself
> > for Eastern observance Christmas . . .
>
> Good idea!  But what does Eastern/Julian Christmas
> have to do with
> Donatism?
>
Well, since the Roman Church is the worst of all
heretics the Donatists naturally rejected the papally
sponsored calandar reform just as the Eastern Churches
did.  Further, I believe that Carraxa was under
Ottoman rule at the time and thus civil administration
would have been by years AH.  Once local rule is
restored the Gregorian calandar will be firmly
entrenched in civil admin throughout Europe and will
likely be adopted for secular purposes in Carraxa, but
the Church sticks to the Julian/Eastern date for
Christmas.  Easter, however, is calculated by the
Jewish Passover and thus disagrees with both Western
AND Eastern observance.

> Other upcoming holidays on which you could fete
> yourself this week:
>
> Date (Gregorian)        Event/Anniversary
>    Book
> Jan 1                   New New Year's Day
>    Something by Caesar
Well, I haven't got the cash at present and most shops
are closed, but a good idea . . .

> Jan 2                   Lithuanian Independence Day
>    Lithuanian lang ref
Got one a few years ago.

> Jan 3                   Martin Luther's
> excommunication Latin/German dict
Quite appropriate, but I'll pass at present.

> Jan 4                   Earth's perihelion
>    German lang ref
In honor of Kepler?

> Jan 5                   Villon banned from Paris
>    _Le_Ton_Beau_de_Marot_
Well, how 'bout substituting the book my sis gave me
for Western Christmas
_Memories_Politiques_et_Militaires,_Pour
_servir_a_l'histoire_de_Louis_XIV_&_de_Louis_XV, etc.
tome quatrieme by M. l'Abbe Millot printed M. Dcc.
LXXVII.  Just to economise, you know.

> Jan 6                   Harold Godwinson crowned
>    Old English ref
>
I really should get a better one, shouldn't I.

> Which brings us up to 2004 Jan 7 (Gregorian)/2003
> Dec 25 (Julian), the
> above-mentioned Eastern Christmas.  I see that Jan
> 7th is also the
> anniversary of Alfonso IV's coronation, so perhaps a
> Portuguese ref
> would be an appropriate present? :)
>
> -Mark
No such thing as too many books . . .

Adam


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Fached il prori ul pañeveju mutu chu djul atexindu.
-- Carrajena proverb

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