Re: CHAT: Passover,Easter & Lunisolar calendars (was: CHAT: Passover _and_ CHAT:Jewish Calendar)
From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
Date: | Monday, May 1, 2000, 18:45 |
bjm10@CORNELL.EDU wrote:
> It could--if one were to convene a full Ecumenical Council AND if the
> Church as a whole afterwards were to accept it. (The trickier bit among
> the Orthodox is the latter).
That could lead to THREE different celebrations of Easter, if the
Orthodox didn't accept it, and a different two-way split if they did.
Presumably, at least some denominations would retain the traditional
Gregorian calculations, while the Catholic and other denominations might
use a fixed.
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