Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-03-25
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moon happen oa a Sunday, then the
next Sunday Alter is Z ss,er day. THIS
'usd ,n,ke the 30th But, ia tie Ia.
hssia the prs,e or HOOK, and ia the Al.
'ul1acs, Eas er IL set 4 IVA AS the GAL.
Which isr,ghli Shall W. keep Easter on
tho rs !, ur.uthe 3 hh day OF uarchf Ia
answer o the req lest made a. above, /
answer, the 23 !, by all meaas, aud ior
shs reasons, aud ON the caiculaii ons which
Fellow. --..,....s.
Insert a cunmrnia alton from an Eng
hsh' seien,,fic writsr.. ses
EAS TER DAY. 1875.
'Usi1srssss college Lya.ioa, July ihh
'l,s;sn Article which | have prepared
Tor Me NIX nu ub-r Of tho. Coinp ,nion
10 ;hr a inan,c,' haze discussed the,
W isosss why tsasier-,iay viii next ysar
FALL. IN .,parent Defiance Of the act OF
Parliament. upon the very day OF the foil
moon. But, rs an accidental appllcat ton
~hsch. have received nd know that
tuesnpcrin,rnden, Of the Nautical Alma
1ac has received another from diff.ren,
q 'arter IN. he n,r think iha, The com.u,ers
:" s!asanacs will be puzzled, and that the
usclsss discussion Of 1919 (wken the dis
crepancy last occired) will be revived,
ua:ess some one will forthwith state IN,
reason Of the difficulty ! reques, that you
will publish some Of the conclusions, Of
the paper 10 which refer, which will in
due li,ns appear in the work cited. And
hips thu, the daily p,pers will give ad,
oitionai currency to the 81 ne CO 6clus;on;
mud t@Sh.x,,l.l - L., al
Thing should DO done IN allnanacs. The
rue. adopted in this country for finding
E.stcr. 10 'bat Of Roman Caholtc Church
~ established at what is called the refor.
nation OF The calender by Pope Gregory
XIII in $50. The aaihori Y for this
rule 10 contained in he papal brief Of
March lat. 1892, in which reference is
made, for all explanations, TO. the then
spirihcniniug work Of tue j. suit Clavius,
to whom both the sdjust,nens and expla-
IA Zion OF The calender had been intrusted
he British fa.iiamen,' in adopting the
rue NJ Clavius, made two mistakes IN the
explanation Of that rule. Their explnna.
nonsis. tina, Easter Sunday is the Sunday
afsey the full moon. which ONES on or
the next alter the 2la of March, and
thai IL the Iull moon fall on Sunday, Eas
t.rSSanday is The next Sunday. 1
9Th, two mis.akcsare as follows:
i. Instead Of 'fuil moon. hey should
have said, fourteenth day OF tho moon.
tho day OF new moon being reckoneo as |
the 6r.t' Tina, Easier, as well as ,he
Passover. was always regulated, not by
the fu'I m"n, bu, by the fourteen h day |
%. the mos,b - ofihe utmost historical |
aSssffury. And eiayiss saysilal 'oaas
bai few who fancy Themselves sharp
sighisd ever imagined that the fourteenth
oil The moon and the full moon wore the
ssnpe in tho Church OF God
= Instead Of ihe' moon Of The heavens
they ought 10 have SAID, the moon Of the
calendar which is very differen, thing
Tae moon Of the calendar is not even a
mean nr uniformiy moving moon, 10
which astronomers reier,the real moon.
but diff~rs from il in.enti onai,y ana
hvowediy, by two classes Of arbitrary
'alIersii"ns; he first class intended for
simp icity Of calculation the second for
svoIiing the possibility Of the Christian
Faster falling on the actual day OF The
Jewish Passover.
In the year l845 the fourteenth day
ofthe ediesd"T moon ialls on Saturday,
tsc 22d Of March, whence Easter is riuht.
ly made 10 be Sunday, the 2}d, accord.
ing to the law both Of tho Roman and
Eogsish Churches though the English
sistnto does not well cxpiiin ils own
n,sihod. With regard to This country. j, |
should be noticed that this statute cnacts
that Easier shall be keep by tho calendar
tables, and rucs' annexed TO the act and I
these agree with Clavius.
'Ot course any one is al liberty. as
many dbd ia 1918 10 hink thstthe statute
should be altered; and certainly il wunId
bs worth while TO avoid misconcept on by |
repeating the faulty d huliion and sub
attu'ing better Que in the PRAYER books
ofihe Established church. Ru il any one
should advocate the repeal OF the rules.
sod he'constrnc ion OF new ones apre.,.
bly, TO the existing defiuiion, and aslron.
"micaiiy true, no will perh,ps pause
when he finds THAI his own s, STEM would
someHmes cause tito happen that s.,
Psnl's Cathedral stkeep Easter a week
alter Westminster Abbey, auo world
very frequently make weeks difference
es,wsenstho festivals OF The colonies and
The mother country.
Il remain sir. yours faithfully.
"A DE MORGAN