Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-18

much less, then, can we rely upon records
able conditions prevailing at the time Of.
ana centuries after, the events recorded in
the New Testament.
In arriving at conclusions concerning dates
and events OF that period by computation,
also. errors are extremely liable 70 occur
through Ignorance Of disregard of certain
modifying conditions, Of which the best
OF evidence is furnished by many OF the
perpetual" calendars now extant Cor de-
funct.
While 1t is a comparatively easy matter
to FIX with perfect accuracy the day OF the
week OF any given date almost. II not quite
throughout the Christian era, IN fact as
far back as the Quadrennial leap year sys-
tenn extends, according to the Julian and
the Gregorian rules. some Of such calen-
Oars are made to run back seven or more
| centuries B. C. while preserving the same
order OF recurrence that is followed In the
regular 'old styler'
The authors Of such have apparently for
gotten the last year of confusion" imme-
diately preceding the institution Of the
Julian calendar, only forty-six years b.
c. to say nothing OF the many preceding
years OF confusion" as they also forget
that by reason OF the peculiar Roman meth
Cd OF counting intervals a perversion OF
the Julian system followed 50 that Il did
NOT get into perfect working order for near
~ half century after its adoption.
The disturbing effect of these circum-
stances upon the order Of recurrence has
been entirely ignored In such ''perpetuai''
No4c .fooAs % WOulo say en- PEASANT to
readers Of The Star that they may well
look with suspicion upon a perpetual cal
endar that extends back beyond the Chris
| Of IL.
As the particular date now under CON-
sloeration was after the Augastan correc-
tlon mad been contaminated, IL is possible
20 20 oe.ermine with perfect accuracy the
Jay OF the week OF any given date In one
OF the years mentioned in the articles re-
Ierred TO, and IL is likewise possible by
means OF astronomical calculations to as
certain the day Of the month OF any par
ucular full moon Of the year
assuming twhat is doubtless true that
ehe 1eWish passover was governed by the
same iui moon OF the year as that after
ward adopted for the determination of
Easter Though the early fathers OF the
cnurch took good care so to arrange the
ecclesiastical calendar that the two events
should never occur together. we can there
fore determine the years within the neriod
named CD TO 80 A ID in which that fun
moon occurred on the proper day OF the
week IN order to accord with other facts
! day.
BY careful computation / have found that
ane record Of full moon March is. A. ID.
- Sas stated by wv. H B." in his articlel
is correct II occurred in the local time -,
rome as expressed under present usage
ABOUT l2:Jo pm. Of that day. This beIne
,sa me vernal equinox. could not be
me passover moon" The next was sun
Gay. April IL. at about "a am. which
. -Inlled all requirements OF such passover
MOON; moon, 1 also ind that such full moon oc-
euiFeu IN A ID. 80 on Thursday, April
Sas stated by Mr.. Linn IN the IonSon
Summary, at about 1922 am
| 4 am at loss to conceive by what
me rhetnoe OF computation Wv. H. b." nxes
~. .ne o.ncr oates that he gives at least after
that Tor the year 81 On which the rsis.
crepancy is but one day) anc one OF which
Nz. mat Tor the year "a. April "a" which
the equinox. o1'e'
we know that the paschal full moon IN
any year occurs in either IL or IL lunar
, mon.ns after that OF the year preceding;
l2th ends too early in March '"e
. having the month, day and hour of such
LuIi moon IN any year, we can find IT'S dat
,oe ehe year following by subtracting there
from the difference between the con,non
ana the lunar years. Le 10 DAVIS. IL hours
| II minutes. 21-J6 seconds or by adding m.
complement thereof for another lunar
, mohtn. that being the difference between
re common year and Is lunar months. lie
- Gays. Il hours 81 minutes. 1891 seconds
IN leap year add one day less or .nhtra-,
enc day more
Extreme care must be exercised in mali
| Ing these additions and subtra ctions =.
NUMBER hours pm. according TO their orae-
IN the "a. thus; pm. would be l6 and TO
, uye py 1 the number Of the day OF the
for example April u, 4:44 p.m. renre.ss,.
ou, n days. 10 hours. a. minutes OF de
month OF April
Also IN subtracting from date in Aprtl
Mn.n tne upper number is too small for the
suptrahend. Increase the former nv 81 end
IN soding TO date in March so as 10 rim
over INTO April take 81 from the sum.
doubtless inattenti TO some OF tbes.
apparently minor details is resnonsth,1 g.
me errors apparent in some OF the dates =
ject. 0' ene SUD-
The following table shows the dates ~,
me passover full moon in the wears Tr,,,,
y TO IS A D.. Inclusive:
ScSunday, April IL. at ]: Siam
33y,-rhursday; April Q. at lo:22 am.
Sl-Monday. March 2e. at 7:ll nm
Ss-Saturday. April II. at i:s4 pm
Lhursaay, April ?, at 1:32 am
SS--Monday' March - at 1921 am.
ScSunday, April 10, at 7:53 am
IL VIII be seen from the FOREGOING -,
mere o1s were two years GO and 33) that ful-
| MI all the conditions of the occnrronc.
,raught with SO much OF interest 70 man
8. AID. 80. Ap'A
Another Way Of Figuring Ii.
>. A C.. another writer TO The Star.
says: The only early historians who give
inc year are Eusebius CS3 A ID and Lac
tantius CO A. d.. Years ago the Thought
occurred to me that the question might hs
answered by a mathematical calculation
based on astronomical data BY such a
calculation / found that the Prepa ration
on which Jesus was cruciled was on FRI
Gay, April Ia, in - A. D., and the Same
day in 81 A. ID. was on Wednesday Anrll
i. Or course Lactantius was correct FOR
he agreed with the commonly received
opinion that Jesus was cruclfied on Friday
and rose on Sunday. which was the day on
which peoples generally worshiped the sun
ana Jesus is called The Sun. Of Righteous
ness But an old tradition came 10 nv
mind that April fooling came from Jesus
berg led on the morning OF the LIST OF April
first TO Pontius PLATE, then TO the high
priest, then back to Plate then 10 Herod-
and nrally back to PLATE, and this tradi-
ton agreed exactly with the year given by
Eusebius. In looking over the gospels Il
appeared that the only one that gave anv
account OF the resurrection was ST Mat
thew's gospel. which said that n was I'm
the end Of the Sabbath and we know that
the Sabbath ended at shutdown SATURDAY.
III Jesus was buried at shutdown Mednes-
day and rose at shutdown Saturday, Fuse
bus was again right, for Jesus says CMath.
xii 4o.D that the Son of Man would be three
days and three nights in the heart OF the
earth. Mr.. Thomas Levin OF Oxford Eng
land says that De Morgan, in hts Histori-
cal Almanacs, gives the full moon in 33
A. ID. on Thursday. April =. This makes
the Preparation fall on Wednesday Apt1l
i, as before. for the Passover was always
on the day of full moon. Mr.. Levin also
says that DE Morgan's Almanacs cannot be
disputed, nor can Eusebius as a historian:
but he says II was not the Prepare don for
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