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I've been working on translating Dionysius Exiguus, and while going through the letter to Petronius, something amusing struck me, and I thought I would share it.
Most people have heard of the Quartodecimans, though many have no idea what that even means, or who it refers to. The Quartodecimans, from the Latin Quartodecimani, were a group referred to deliberately by epithet. The whole Christian world had settled on the new convention for Easter reckoning. But there were still those who insisted on celebrating the Pascha according to the manner of the Jews, specifically on the 14th lunar day rather than the Sunday following. Accordingly, as I realized as I went through the Latin, they were essentially being called the 14th-ers, a slur, much as many today would refer to flat-earthers.
This is nothing really important, but it was an interesting tidbit of history that gave me a chuckle.
Most people have heard of the Quartodecimans, though many have no idea what that even means, or who it refers to. The Quartodecimans, from the Latin Quartodecimani, were a group referred to deliberately by epithet. The whole Christian world had settled on the new convention for Easter reckoning. But there were still those who insisted on celebrating the Pascha according to the manner of the Jews, specifically on the 14th lunar day rather than the Sunday following. Accordingly, as I realized as I went through the Latin, they were essentially being called the 14th-ers, a slur, much as many today would refer to flat-earthers.
This is nothing really important, but it was an interesting tidbit of history that gave me a chuckle.
