----- Original Message ----- From: "The Fool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 8:49 AM Subject: Re: Fwd: CNN Breaking News
> > From: Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > From: "The Fool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > From: John D. Giorgis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > At 07:02 AM 1/27/02 -0600 The Fool wrote: > > > > > Furthermore the Christ commanded ALL to observe > > > > >the lords evening meal (which no one does), but not his > ressurection. > > > > > > > > Come again? > > > > > > > > I have celebrated the Lord's Evening Meal (Holy Thursday) for as > long > > > as I > > > > can remember. > > > > > > > > Indeed, I consider it themost beautiful Church Service of the year. > > > > > > Most people do not. Besides the day is same as the passover (N14), > not > > > 'thursday'. > > > > > > > I think one should not worry tremendously about the exact relationship > > between Passover and the day of the last supper. For one thing, the > > synoptic gospels and John don't agree on the day. For another, the > time > > that month that Passover is in (Nissian (sp)) was variable. > > And 'Easter' isn't? > Not in the sense of a lunar calander. It is the first Sunday after the first full moon on or before the spring equinox. To simplify calculations, the Nician council declared March 21st as the spring equinox. At the time of Jesus, the month of Passover was determined by a decision of the priests (and in particular the high priest). There was not a fixed rule to determine it. > It was my understanding that the Jewish calendar (which is lunar) added a > thirteenth month every couple of years in a periodic fashion. > Well, I won't argue with that, I think its right. What I am pointing out is that the order of the months also varied at the discretion of the high priest. Its as if Easter was the 10th of April, and the Pope, getting weather reports, decided that this year, May would come before April. Dan M. Dan M. > >
