tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post4849293202194868146..comments2023-11-03T15:48:35.688+00:00Comments on Paul Linford: White EasterPaul Linfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01977920120772282561noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-33211971405175975862008-03-26T19:46:00.000+00:002008-03-26T19:46:00.000+00:00Can anyone tell me why the Nicaean council decided...Can anyone tell me why the Nicaean council decided on this complex formula for determining the date of Easter? Was it, as some bloggers on other sites have claimed, to link Easter to the Vernal Equinox festival celebrated by pagans?<BR/><BR/>I'm genuinely interested, if someone can give an authoritative, and not too complex, answer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-26657911731095305382008-03-25T15:41:00.000+00:002008-03-25T15:41:00.000+00:00I'm so jealous - we missed out on Easter snow here...I'm so jealous - we missed out on Easter snow here.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-7612754762437576852008-03-25T10:35:00.000+00:002008-03-25T10:35:00.000+00:00Seems a sensible idea to me - especially as there ...Seems a sensible idea to me - especially as there are about three different Easter dates out there anyway (Western tradition, Eastern Orthodox, Chaldean are the ones I can think of off-hand). If there was a move to bring that in, as a practicing Christian, I'd back it.The Half-Blood Welshmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05072936624444891100noreply@blogger.com