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Movable (and Immovable) Feasts

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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Movable (and Immovable) Feasts

The feasts kept in the Christian Church are called movable and immovable, according as they fall, always on the same day in the calendar in each year, as the saints' days; or depend on other circumstances, as Easter. and the feasts calculated from Easter. The Book of Common Prayer contains several tables for calculating Easter, and the following rules to know when the movable feasts and holy-days begin: Easter Day, on which the rest depend, is always the first Sunday after the full moon which happens upon or next after the twenty-first day of March; and if the full moon happens upon a Sunday, Easter Day is the Sunday after. Advent Sunday is always the nearest Sunday to the feast of St. Andrew, whether before or after.

Septuagesima Nine Weeks

Sexagesima Sunday Eight Weeks before

Quinlquagesimna is Seven Weeks Easter.

Quadragesima Six Weeks

Roogation Sunday Five Weeks

Ascension Day is Forty Days after

Whit Sunday Seven Weeks Easter.

Trinity Sunday Eight Weeks

(See FEASTS).

Bibliography Information
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Movable (and Immovable) Feasts'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​m/movable-and-immovable-feasts.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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