The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1872-02-10

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1t may be . matter Of interest, - It Ger,
tainly will be matter Of instruction 10 many
Of youf reedsrs, 10 know something sbou,
the Sacred Ssason called Leaf" and
which begins On, wsdsesdsg next Feb
18th. (Ash Wednesday,. 4 fsst bssuss
0neter (Eeeeival It Cigietb Rsuur.eeeton)
has besa observed from The earliest Chris
lien tinesi bds,lhs b>risd 90 II; Auta.,ou
varied In dtdecsnt countries cd ages dows
to the seventh osnsasy. Irsnasus, (B,sbop
Of 1yos, inFna,ee, ID eaasssyas,ss Chsiss),
writes: Some think thsy 80 70 fase one
day. so0s Eva scdss iaoes aud aoass forty,
days; s"d they mcclure their day BY the
hours ct the day ssd night" Tessullies.
few yeass later, speaks ut The i,sactios Of
the Churches - believed with certaiuty %
be founded on that passage Of the Guspslia
which those days were appointed for fast
'"g. during which the Bridegroom was
taken, away. This has been thought BY
some to point to the period Of forty .,sys
daring which our Lord Nasgoing tbequsAi
HE temptation In TIE wilderness; bat il 10
fer more probable that Il rSfess' % de dine
during Which HE soul W. separsaed from
HE bs'dy. Sumo few years later still, how.
ever. towards the middle at The 81 century
Oigsu speaks of forty days hung oossecss.
"a 10 fassisg before Esseer. And u ~.
council If Nice. "A. D. 896). thisperiod ~
taken for granted asif iong 10 NE. TIE
only chanEe which this council made. w,s
II az . uniform lsws thrsaSaAot IN divi.
stnns Of the Chorch, for the beginning and
ending ofths Mt. ~ sftS1abtfnr rule Tor
the recurrence Of Easter Day. viz: that Il
should always te Tie iirst Sunday after the
fall m"oa. which happtisBSss upon. o. next
after. tee yernel eqpinpx. sistsf March.
This ssls. .sogtsbss With ne6eA number Of
days At Tie fast. have beea observed in the
Eastern ,eF Gret). go WessesH IL 1ar>.
peaal dSaprhss 1som iaal time down % tlls
present The discrepancy now exiting b.
tween TIE Greek and Russiao a,d the Latin
aod AM htsn churches. asisss sS,siy from
the necessary reformation OF The Calendar
h. ths waPaFn Chart the. distinction
betwes8 III ia new syis h daA Greg.
Dry ~ GgeHs, n1&at god B,ehapnf Rome,
.SoS ssst siis'dsal,es Il s0S 3 fasi.Dd 3 |
Dnassss. ~ noAssss, daal' &So declares !:
. that any nan Win calls Aiaself Universal
Bl1hops - Ae4rr ssS, Nyie II .1;s psi1J'
lsts0duced our pssseot mode Of obsesv.
NICE 1t Lent q the end Of III Oh century
SSSdsyH5 from abs' nnaumbes Of !
lasting days. and uakisg The = days thus
e3aolhtes ]Qtaosl baisk i@e6aline E1ar
INTO ~ exact forty b. hsginaisg The Fhss
N ~ "Wednesday hefese 49, lsst Sunday
. Lent Ths primary object Of ~ iasi.
ssios q fast before Easter was doabtlsss
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'6oesatio0 81 ChFississe The soeJov and
q ths Apass)ss and Disciples ID.
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{ IL Casssk spirit II et;sy ~. Id
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