2006-12-19 09:35:04 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Easter
The statement, that Easter Day is the first Sunday after the full moon that occurs next after the spring equinox, is not a precise statement of the actual rules. The full moon involved is not the astronomical full moon but an ecclesiastical moon which you get from tables (it keeps, more or less, in step with the astronomical Moon).
The problem is that the old Jewish calendar was lunar and the date of Easter is connected with the date of the Passover. Now the Roman calendar was not lunar and they also had a problem with leap years. Our present date comes from calculations worked out in 325 CE at the First Council of Nicaea convened by the Roman Emperor Constantine.
The rules have been revised since then. A new set of tables were made in the 6th century Abbot of Scythia, Dionysis Exiguus and again in 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII.
By the 1700's, most of western Europe had adopted the Gregorian Calendar and the rules stabilised. However, the Eastern Christian churches still determine the Easter dates using the older Julian Calendar method.
Does that help? No I didn’t think so. Frustrating init!
But it is the day you get all the chocolate so . . . . . . .
2006-12-19 13:17:00 · answer #1 · answered by Richard T 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Simple: 40 days after Ash Wednesday.
2006-12-20 15:42:18 · answer #2 · answered by L'etudiante 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the first sunday after the first full moon after the Spring equinox.
2006-12-19 17:37:01 · answer #3 · answered by KB 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its set near the Jewish passover which was when Jesus was crucified. the main meaning of easter.
2006-12-20 11:27:50 · answer #4 · answered by Vinny Sacco 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its the first sunday after the first full moon after the 21st of march
2006-12-19 17:58:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its the day you get all the chocolate
2006-12-19 17:39:01 · answer #6 · answered by JIM B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I DUNNO
2006-12-20 02:54:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋