TO CORRESPONDENTS.
u P. M.”—The time of Easter, being the most ancient and important of all the moveable feasts of the Christian Church, determines all the rest, and the proper time has for centuries been a subject of much controversy. Last year Good Friday fell on the 23rd March, in 1882 on the 7th April, in 1881 on the 15th April, in 1880 on the 26th March, and so on ; in fact, it may fall on any day between the 20fch March and the 23rd April. It was debated, at the time of the introduction of the Gregorian Calendar, whether Easter should continue to be movable, or whether a fixed Sunday after the 21st March should not be adopted ; and it was in deference to ancient custom that led the ecclesiastical authorities to adhere to the method of determination by the moon. Without troubling you or our readers with a lengthened explanation, unless you desire it, of what is meant by the “ ecclesiastical full moon,” more than it is the 14th day of the calendar moon, it may be sufficient to state that the rule for fixing Easter Day is that it is the first Sunday after the paschal full moon, i.e., the full moon which happens upon or next after the 21st of March, and if the full moon happens upon a Sunday, Easter Day is the Sunday after.
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Kumara Times, Issue 2377, 10 April 1884, Page 2
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