How is the date of Easter decided each year?
The usual statement, that Easter Day is the first Sunday after the full moon that occurs next after the vernal equinox, is not a precise statement of the actual ecclesiastical rules. The full moon involved is not the astronomical Full Moon but an ecclesiastical moon (determined from tables) that keeps, more or less, in step with the astronomical Moon. The ecclesiastical rules are: * Easter falls on the first Sunday following the first ecclesiastical full moon that occurs on or after the day of the vernal equinox; * this particular ecclesiastical full moon is the 14th day of a tabular lunation (new moon); and * the vernal equinox is fixed as March 21. resulting in that Easter can never occur before March 22 or later than April 25. The Gregorian dates for the ecclesiastical full moon come from the Gregorian tables. Therefore, the civil date of Easter depends upon which tables – Gregorian or pre-Gregorian – are used. The western (Roman Catholic and Protestant) Christian churches use the G
“The usual statement, that Easter Day is the first Sunday after the full moon that occurs next after the vernal equinox, is not a precise statement of the actual ecclesiastical rules. The full moon involved is not the astronomical Full Moon but an ecclesiastical moon (determined from tables) that keeps, more or less, in step with the astronomical Moon. The ecclesiastical rules are: * Easter falls on the first Sunday following the first ecclesiastical full moon that occurs on or after the day of the vernal equinox; * this particular ecclesiastical full moon is the 14th day of a tabular lunation (new moon); and * the vernal equinox is fixed as March 21. resulting in that Easter can never occur before March 22 or later than April 25. The Gregorian dates for the ecclesiastical full moon come from the Gregorian tables. Therefore, the civil date of Easter depends upon which tables – Gregorian or pre-Gregorian – are used. The western (Roman Catholic and Protestant) Christian churches use the
“Easter”, mentioned only once in the Holy Bible is self-defined as “allegory”: Gal4 and as “mystery”(noted over 20 times) to solve in time, lest all perish instead of none perish, solve by seek and find: “find grace” and “in time”(Hebrews 4) to “help”… Easter is the 1000yr day Peter(only man called Satan in Bible) spent chained in jail: Acts 12->Revelation 20, when being “not ignorant” 1 day “as” 1000yrs, which is exhorted by Converted Peter in 2Peter 3:8; Not to mention Paul The Apostle’s mention that “give more earnest heed” to what’s been said is the requirement for “escape”(heb 2) of “no escape”(1Thess 5:3) or “escape”(1Thess 5:9), the only two options available in Bible. Easter: Info; Revelation; Sermon; Projects http://www.godshew.org/Easter.htm If we all finish ‘probating’ the “will of God”, Easter 2007 will be the end of such law law. For it’s already 7th year of the Third Day = The 7th.
