The Tuesday Morning Quarterback? I never knew.
Saw this in the latest Draft Mockery by the Tuesday Morning Quarterback. Pretty cool.
An Ecumenical Proposal: Easter fell unusually early this year, on March 23 — it will not fall on that date again until 2160 — while Passover is in progress now. Why doesn’t Easter come immediately after Passover? That is, after all, what happens in the Bible. Passover begins on the 15th day of Nisan under the ancient Hebrew calendar; the Easter date is determined by a complex formula involving the vernal equinox and the paschal full moon. Both dates are arbitrary in the sense that no one knows which day the historic Passover or resurrection occurred. When Jesus walked the Earth, Passover commenced on the 15th day of Nisan, just as today. The complicated formula for scheduling Easter was invented during the Middle Ages, when the Church of Rome was hostile to Judaism and wanted to avoid reminding parishioners of the Passover-Easter relationship.
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