Every date in the Julian calendar was 11 days earlier than those in the Gregorian calendar. There was an adjustment that 11 days was to be erased from the year, one year, so next morning it was 11 days later. In leap years, the leap year Feb. 29 was to be omitted in years divisible by 400. Thus, Feb. 28, 1600 was followed by Mar. 1. Similarly Feb. 28, 2000. The Greek and other Orthodox churches never adopted the Gregorian calendar, because the Julian calendar was in place at the birth of Christ, and to change would put holidays on "different" days than they were. As late as the Bolshevik coup against the provisional government in 1917, the Russians put it in October ("Red October") and Westerners 11 days later in November.
2007-01-21 12:49:38
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answered by steve_geo1 7
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We learned more about a solar year with telescopes. The Gregorian calendar differed from the Julian by 11 days.
"The Gregorian calendar resulted from a perceived need to reform the method of calculating dates of Easter. Under the Julian calendar the dating of Easter had become standardized, using March 21 as the date of the equinox and the Metonic cycle as the basis for calculating lunar phases. By the thirteenth century it was realized that the true equinox had regressed from March 21 (its supposed date at the time of the Council of Nicea, +325) to a date earlier in the month. As a result, Easter was drifting away from its springtime position and was losing its relation with the Jewish Passover. Over the next four centuries, scholars debated the "correct" time for celebrating Easter and the means of regulating this time calendrically. The Church made intermittent attempts to solve the Easter question, without reaching a consensus.
By the sixteenth century the equinox had shifted by ten days, and astronomical New Moons were occurring four days before ecclesiastical New Moons. At the behest of the Council of Trent, Pope Pius V introduced a new Breviary in 1568 and Missal in 1570, both of which included adjustments to the lunar tables and the leap-year system. Pope Gregory XIII, who succeeded Pope Pius in 1572, soon convened a commission to consider reform of the calendar, since he considered his predecessor's measures inadequate."
2007-01-21 12:50:53
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answered by redunicorn 7
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The Jewish calendar is Lunar-Solar meaning that the months follow the moon but the seasons must align with ths solar year (Passover, which is in Nisan must always fall in the spring). To accomplish this the number of days in a year varies but will always average out to 365 over a period of 19 (?) years. I have seen attempts to calculate dates based on a shortened year but this does not work out because the calendar has always been lunar-solar. People who make these claims fail to understand the calendar. "The Bible says the generation that sees this (fig tree)"................ People have picked 1917 (Balfour Declaration), 1948, and 1967(Israel captured the Temple Mount) for this "starting point" as well as using different lengths for a "generation" without sucess. The year 2011 is almost over without any sign of the "Tribulation" beginning, odds are that nothing will happen in the next few days. "How does the math work then"....... Usually the way it works is someone picks a date and then invents a system of calculations needed to arrive at that date. If the math does not quiet work out you can multiply by the days in a month, divide by the days in a week, or subtract the number of states in the union to adjust the number. When the day comes and goes then they claim that people misunderstood them or "it happened but it was spiritual" or "there is a minor glitch in the calendar I was using". Google Harold Camping for a good example of these concepts. ex Christian
2016-05-24 09:46:37
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answered by Anonymous
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there were only 8 months
2007-01-21 12:27:41
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answered by Amanda S 2
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It only had one day.
2007-01-21 12:39:51
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answered by yahoohoo 6
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