Should we fix the date of Easter?
by Ian Paul, Psephizo:
I don’t really know Nick Holtam, Bishop of Salisbury (he was appointed after I left the diocese), but he appears to have a deep capacity for irony. Apparently he believes that fixing the date of Easter is going to be more complicated than agreeing on the status of same-sex unions:
If the Primates of the Anglican Communion thought same-sex relationships are difficult to know what to do with, just wait until they get going on the implications of fixing the date of Easter.
Here are the ‘compelling’ arguments for not fixing the date of Easter.
1. The current system connects us with the Jewish celebration of Passover
Except it doesn’t. Last year they came close, but this year Passover (on 14 Nisan in the Jewish calendar) comes a month later than Easter. Here are the dates since the turn of the Millennium:
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