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Recent content by Mockingbird0

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    Why do we do things not written in the Bible?

    There is no historical evidence linking Eostre to hares.
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    Ecumenical expert: ‘No theological reasons to celebrate Easter on different dates’

    Once again you fail to recognize that my proposal would allow individual jurisdictions (especially in North and South America) to adopt the Gregorian paschalion voluntarily. Jerusalem and Mount Athos could still use the Julian Paschalion if they wanted to.
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    Does anyone know why the Covenant Theology forum was closed down?

    The Covenant Theology forum is now read-only. I can't find anything in the announcements explaining why. Does anyone know?
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    Ecumenical expert: ‘No theological reasons to celebrate Easter on different dates’

    Can you back up this claim with contemporary newspaper accounts? I think that if those in charge of the holy fire accept the Gregorian paschalion in good faith, then the holy fire will appear on the Gregorian date.
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    Quartodecimanism: Myths and Facts

    Quartodecimanism, as I wrote above, was not the practice that was deprecated at Nicea. Protopaschitism (as it was later called) was. I have never heard a "popular opinion" that the Gospel of Matthew was written in Aramaic or Hebrew. Nor do I know of any reliable evidence that Matthew preached...
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    Ecumenical expert: ‘No theological reasons to celebrate Easter on different dates’

    You seem to have missed the part about how, under my proposal, no one would be forced to adopt the Gregorian paschalion.
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    Ecumenical expert: ‘No theological reasons to celebrate Easter on different dates’

    Patriarch Bartholomew can make a gesture by stating that he will remain in communion with jurisdictions that, like Finland, adopt the Gregorian paschalion. In the alternative, the Easterners can adopt the half-way measure of adjusting their lunar tables to agree better with the visible moon...
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    Lords supper, does it have to be bread and wine?

    I voted yes, but I would allow the substitution of corn tortillas for wheaten bread and brandy for wine in special circumstances.
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    Quartodecimanism: Myths and Facts

    Quartodecimanism: Myths and Facts Myth: Those second-century Christians who ended the Paschal fast on 14 Nisan were called "Quartodecimans". Fact: The word "quartodeciman" is not reliably attested until after the council of Nicea. It was never applied in the second century to those who...
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    Does Holy Week always begin with a full moon?

    Easter is the Sunday falling in the week of the 15th to the 21st of the moon inclusive. So Palm Sunday is the Sunday falling in the week of the 8th to the 14th of the moon inclusive. So Holy Week begins with a full moon only when Palm Sunday is on the 14th and Easter is on the 21st (as in...
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    The Hebrew Calendar and the Traditional Roman Liturgy

    The link I posted, "Rectified Hebrew Calendar" is doing just that.
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    The Hebrew Calendar and the Traditional Roman Liturgy

    Yet when Rabbinic Jews today celebrate Unleavened Bread at the second full moon after the Spring equinox, it is not because of that law. It is because of a flaw in their calendar. Christians have no need of that law, since we do not believe (except for the Eastern Orthodox in some...
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    The Hebrew Calendar and the Traditional Roman Liturgy

    You think we should use the present-day Rabbinic Jewish calendar notwithstanding its manifest flaws?. How would that work? Would Easter be the Sunday falling in the Rabbinic Jewish week of Unleavened Bread?
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    The Hebrew Calendar and the Traditional Roman Liturgy

    According to the Gospel of John Jesus was crucified on the 14th of Nisan and rose on the 16th. According to the synoptic Gospels Jesus was crucified on the 15th of Nisan and rose on the 17th. It was the Sunday of Unleavened Bread either way. Though John has theological reasons for setting the...
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    The Hebrew Calendar and the Traditional Roman Liturgy

    The traditional paschalion synchronizes Easter with Passover according to the Christian calculation of Passover. In 2025, the Gregorian lunar month of Nisan began on March 31 (that is, at sunset on March 30). Its 14th day (Passover) was Sunday, April 13. Easter was the following Sunday, April...