My Jewish friend at work just reminding me that she is going to be celebrateing Passover this weekend. Does this mean I celebrated Easter too early instead of this coming Sunday (04/20/08)?

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Gil Garcia
Rehoboth Reformed Church (RCUS)
La Habra, CA


"Indeed, one might say that as far as the doctrine of justification
is concerned, if you are not on the road to Wittenberg or Geneva, then the old proverb is indeed true: all roads lead to Rome." Carl Trueman

Puritans don't celebrate Easter (Ishtar, Astarte, etc).

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Chris Poe
Mandeville, LA

"There are the foolish fanatics always to be found in such a movement and always discrediting it--the lunatic fringe in all reform movements." Theodore Roosevelt

I was going to say...if only the bible had given us instructions for celebrating this holy day we wouldn't have to deal with such unfortunate confusion!

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Davidius
Husband of Emilia
Member: First Reformed Presbyterian Church of Durham (RPCNA) - Durham, NC
Currently in the process of transferring membership to an as-yet-undecided church in Chapel Hill
Student: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, German Literature and Classics

Your Right! We really didn't celebrate Easter we only had s sermon preached to its relevant day. Must be my RC old garments on me. I repent of that!

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Gil Garcia
Rehoboth Reformed Church (RCUS)
La Habra, CA


"Indeed, one might say that as far as the doctrine of justification
is concerned, if you are not on the road to Wittenberg or Geneva, then the old proverb is indeed true: all roads lead to Rome." Carl Trueman

I dislike the church holidays. The death, burial, and resurrection of Christ was not based upon Pashal Full Moon. It was related to the Passover.

Dating Easter

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R. Martin Snyder
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Harmony Baptist Church (Member)
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"Our object should not be to have scripture on our side but to be on the side of scripture; and however dear any sentiment may have become by being long entertained, so soon as it is seen to be contrary to the Bible, we must be prepared to abandon it without hesitation."
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I'm not wanting to start trouble here, but do the Continental Reformed observe Easter and other days?

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Chris Poe
Mandeville, LA

"There are the foolish fanatics always to be found in such a movement and always discrediting it--the lunatic fringe in all reform movements." Theodore Roosevelt

I believe that they do have a meager church calendar.

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Davidius
Husband of Emilia
Member: First Reformed Presbyterian Church of Durham (RPCNA) - Durham, NC
Currently in the process of transferring membership to an as-yet-undecided church in Chapel Hill
Student: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, German Literature and Classics

This thread only serves to underscore the fact that many us have much more work to do in order to be semper reformanda.

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Bill Brown
Elder
Grace Baptist Church
Anne Arundel County, Maryland

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In what way?

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Davidius
Husband of Emilia
Member: First Reformed Presbyterian Church of Durham (RPCNA) - Durham, NC
Currently in the process of transferring membership to an as-yet-undecided church in Chapel Hill
Student: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, German Literature and Classics

Brother, I was speaking more about myself and my church. We have come such a long way from our Arminian roots (2000) to where we are today (Calvinistic, covenantal, confessional). But we still have a long way to go. The celebration of Easter is one such area. I have no problem celebrating the resurrection of the risen Lord, but that should be part of the gospel that is preached.

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Bill Brown
Elder
Grace Baptist Church
Anne Arundel County, Maryland

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And with that I agree.

I have no problem with a day of rememberance of the Lords death, burial, and resurrection. In fact it is done weekly at most of the Churches I have attended. It is called the LORD's Day.

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R. Martin Snyder
1689er
Harmony Baptist Church (Member)
PuritanCovenanter MSN Blog
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"Our object should not be to have scripture on our side but to be on the side of scripture; and however dear any sentiment may have become by being long entertained, so soon as it is seen to be contrary to the Bible, we must be prepared to abandon it without hesitation."
William Symington

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To hear about such progress in a short amount of time is very encouraging!

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Davidius
Husband of Emilia
Member: First Reformed Presbyterian Church of Durham (RPCNA) - Durham, NC
Currently in the process of transferring membership to an as-yet-undecided church in Chapel Hill
Student: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, German Literature and Classics

If it was all about me I'd make these changes wholesale. But alas, I am only one of three elders. Additionally, there is only so much change you can force on people. Our stand on the doctrines of grace cost us a few members and still is not settled completely. One step at a time.

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Bill Brown
Elder
Grace Baptist Church
Anne Arundel County, Maryland

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The Biblical calendar is lunar, so they had a leap month instead of a leap year, which they held about every three years. You can see why if there're 12months of 29.5 days each. The Sanhedrin or other ruling body depending on the time determined when Easter/Passover would occur based on the barley harvest, which ripens in the Spring. The word Abib, which you find in the OT for the first month means barley at the stage right before harvest, and we know that from the context of the plague of hail, where it's mentioned that the wheat survived the hail being later but the barley didn't because it was abib.

Which is a long winded way of saying that our calendar and theirs just don't jive, and getting it exactly right would be very difficult, although I understand some churches are working on it.

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Tim Vaughan, 48 years old, member PCA church but currently attending EV Free church. San Luis Obispo County, California.

I never knew that there was a 20th month

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Richard
CofE
UK