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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. -- "If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore, and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God!" - Ralph Waldo Emerson ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor