http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2009/04/16/easter-reads/ Mike Aquilina's Blog Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:36:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2009/04/16/easter-reads/comment-page-1/#comment-1422101 Christina Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:05:59 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/?p=1841#comment-1422101 thank you! thank you!

]]> http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2009/04/16/easter-reads/comment-page-1/#comment-1418896 Mike Aquilina Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:06:05 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/?p=1841#comment-1418896 Hi, Christina! Literally translated, it's "Fourteeners." It was the word applied to the Christians who celebrated Easter on the 14th day of the month of Nisan -- the anniversary date of the first Easter, whether it fell on a Sunday or not. More than any other issue in the first two centuries, the date of Easter threatened to divide the Church. Hi, Christina! Literally translated, it’s “Fourteeners.” It was the word applied to the Christians who celebrated Easter on the 14th day of the month of Nisan — the anniversary date of the first Easter, whether it fell on a Sunday or not. More than any other issue in the first two centuries, the date of Easter threatened to divide the Church.

]]> http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2009/04/16/easter-reads/comment-page-1/#comment-1418794 Christina Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:09:20 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/?p=1841#comment-1418794 Sound like good recs, but you totally lost me on that last one... "quartodecimans", huh? I have no idea. Could Terri explain that to me? Sound like good recs, but you totally lost me on that last one… “quartodecimans”, huh? I have no idea. Could Terri explain that to me?

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