Re: Ian Stewart's Easter calculation in colorForth

Date	2012-04-09 17:14 -1000
From	"Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com>
Organization	FORTH, Inc.
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Subject	Re: Ian Stewart's Easter calculation in colorForth
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On 4/9/12 5:01 PM, kenney@cix.compulink.co.uk wrote:
> In article
> <2c0d562f-0ac9-4b3d-8248-6a702d702c6d@db5g2000vbb.googlegroups.com>,
> markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk (Mark Wills) wrote:
>
>> Ring any bells?... I'm sure I read that somewhere...
>
>   Sounds more like Christmas, Easter had to be near the Passover.
>
>   Ken Young

Yes, Christmas was timed to coincide (and compete) with the Roman 
celebrations of the winter solstice. Easter is based on the Hebrew 
calendar, which is more ancient.

Cheers,
Elizabeth

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