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There's some oversimplification of things in that even the first countries to adopt the Gregorian calendar (Spain, Portugal, France, Poland, Italy, Catholic Low

by dhosek 6y ago

There's some oversimplification of things in that even the first countries to adopt the Gregorian calendar (Spain, Portugal, France, Poland, Italy, Catholic Low Countries, Luxemburg, and their colonies in 1582), lost 10 days in the transition. They make it seem as if the 11 day discrepancy happened in the relatively short time between the creation of the Gregorian calendar and its adoption in Britain. Wikipedia is silent on this, but the skipped days are there to make up for the errors in the Julian calendar dating back to the beginning of the common era, and not merely the transition as decreed by Pope Gregory.

throw0101a 6y ago
> Wikipedia is silent on this, but the skipped days are there to make up for the errors in the Julian calendar dating back to the beginning of the common era, and not merely the transition as decreed by Pope Gregory. And Pope Gregory did this so as to put the equinoxes and solstices back to where they 'should' be: on the 20-22st of their respective months. Most importantly (to the Pope/Catholics/Christians) was the March equinox, the first day of spring, because that determined when Passover/Easter was supposed to be celebrated. Jesus of Nazareth was crucified on Passover (Friday): > So sure enough, when we come to the Gospels, what does Jesus do? When He goes to Jerusalem to die, does He do it at the Feast of the Day of Atonement? No. Does He do it at the Feast of Hanukkah? He could have died at Hanukkah. No. Does He do it at their New Year Festival? No. When does He choose to go down Jerusalem? At Passover, and there’s a reason. He, of course, knows the Scriptures, but as a Jew He’s going to fulfill even their traditions about the fact that the Messiah was going to come on Passover night, and He’s going to die just like the Passover lamb died. […] > The first Passover started in Egypt with slavery to pharaoh and it ends in the Holy Land. But Jesus’s new Passover—watch this—starts in the Holy Land and where does it end? Where does it lead? Not to the earthly promised land, but to where? To Heaven. > Because, see, ultimately the Passover is a shadow of what Christ is going to accomplish. He doesn’t come to set us free from political slavery to pharaoh. He comes to set us free from the slavery of sin. […] * https://catholicproductions.com/blogs/blog/passover-and-the-mass-remembrance-meal-and-sacrifice https://catholicproductions.com/blogs/blog/passover-and-the-... So to find the 'proper' day of Passover/Easter, one starts with the (northern hemisphere) Spring Equinox, move forward to the first full moon, and the first Sunday after it is Easter Sunday: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computus If the day of your equinox is off, so is the celebration of your salvation from sin.

by dhosek 6y ago

throw0101a 6y ago

> Wikipedia is silent on this, but the skipped days are there to make up for the errors in the Julian calendar dating back to the beginning of the common era, and not merely the transition as decreed by Pope Gregory. And Pope Gregory did this so as to put the equinoxes and solstices back to where they 'should' be: on the 20-22st of their respective months. Most importantly (to the Pope/Catholics/Christians) was the March equinox, the first day of spring, because that determined when Passover/Easter was supposed to be celebrated. Jesus of Nazareth was crucified on Passover (Friday): > So sure enough, when we come to the Gospels, what does Jesus do? When He goes to Jerusalem to die, does He do it at the Feast of the Day of Atonement? No. Does He do it at the Feast of Hanukkah? He could have died at Hanukkah. No. Does He do it at their New Year Festival? No. When does He choose to go down Jerusalem? At Passover, and there’s a reason. He, of course, knows the Scriptures, but as a Jew He’s going to fulfill even their traditions about the fact that the Messiah was going to come on Passover night, and He’s going to die just like the Passover lamb died. […] > The first Passover started in Egypt with slavery to pharaoh and it ends in the Holy Land. But Jesus’s new Passover—watch this—starts in the Holy Land and where does it end? Where does it lead? Not to the earthly promised land, but to where? To Heaven. > Because, see, ultimately the Passover is a shadow of what Christ is going to accomplish. He doesn’t come to set us free from political slavery to pharaoh. He comes to set us free from the slavery of sin. […] * https://catholicproductions.com/blogs/blog/passover-and-the-mass-remembrance-meal-and-sacrifice https://catholicproductions.com/blogs/blog/passover-and-the-... So to find the 'proper' day of Passover/Easter, one starts with the (northern hemisphere) Spring Equinox, move forward to the first full moon, and the first Sunday after it is Easter Sunday: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computus If the day of your equinox is off, so is the celebration of your salvation from sin.